Summary:
ZIP code 90032 has one middle school, El Sereno Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 857 students. The school reported 91.8% free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025, and its student-teacher ratio was 16.8 that year. Its clearest academic strength is mathematics: in 2025–2026, results were 7 percentage points above California’s, while science was 9 points below the state.
Mathematics is the strongest subject relative to California, and the advantage grew by grade: El Sereno Middle was 5 points above the state in grade 6, 8 points above in grade 7, and 11 points above in grade 8. Science is the clearest relative weakness: its grade 8 result was 9 points below California’s. ELA was close to the state overall—48.8% at the school versus 49.3% statewide—with grade 7 3 points below the state. In the supplied list, El Sereno Middle is the only school, so there is no within-area school leader or trailer to compare.
Results rose in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but science lost ground relative to California. El Sereno Middle gained 3 points in ELA and 5 in math, narrowing its state gaps by 2 and 4 points, respectively; science rose 1 point, while its deficit widened by 2 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking history also improved, from the 60th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 64th in 2025–2026, with its rank moving from 1,115 of 2,783 to 973 of 2,703; the number of ranked schools changed. Chronic absenteeism was 24% at the school in 2025–2026, compared with 23% in Los Angeles Unified and 18% statewide.
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