Schools in Zip Code 90012

ZIP code 90012 has four schools: three elementary schools serving K–5, K–6, or K–8, and one high school serving grades 9–12. Their 2025–26 results vary considerably by subject, so a school’s overall profile can look quite different depending on what a family is comparing. The clearest concern is math at Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts: 19% of students were proficient, 20 points below the state rate.

Solano Avenue Elementary stands out in ELA and science, leading the group at 63% and 58%; its ELA was 14 points above the lowest school, Ann Street Elementary, at 50%. Castelar Street Elementary led math at 54%, 35 points above Cortines and 16 points above the state. Science also showed a wide split: Ann’s 22% was 36 points below Solano’s. Cortines had a contrasting strength in ELA, at 59%—10 points above the state—while Ann’s ELA was just 1 point above it. Absenteeism is another distinction: Solano’s 14% was below the state’s 18%, while Cortines had the highest rate, 35%.

Across the four schools, average proficiency increased by 5 points in both ELA, from 51% in 2024–25 to 56% in 2025–26, and math, from 35% to 40%; individual schools did not all follow that pattern. Ann’s ELA rose 31 points and math 20 points, while Solano’s ELA fell 7 points and math 10 points, though both remained above state rates. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 rankings place Solano at the 77th percentile, Castelar at the 70th, Ann at the 57th, and Cortines at the 55th. For 2024–25, all four reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares: 68% at Solano, 86% at Castelar, 96% at Ann, and 72% at Cortines; these are context, not explanations for results. The schools serve different grade spans, so all-grades comparisons do not represent identical grade mixes.