Summary:
ZIP code 90034 has one listed middle school, Palms Middle, serving grades 6–8; it enrolls 1,081 students and has a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1. In 2025–26, 60% of students were proficient in ELA, 47% in math, and 39% in science. The most important finding is that Palms scored above California in all three subjects, with its largest leads in ELA and math.
Palms Middle is both the only observed leader and the only observed lower-performing school in this area; there are no other listed schools to compare. Against California, Palms was ahead by 10 percentage points in ELA, 9 in math, and 3 in science. It also exceeded Los Angeles Unified by 11 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 7 in science. Grade-level results show the same pattern: Palms’ ELA advantage over the state was 14 points in grade 6, 9 in grade 7, and 8 in grade 8; its math advantage was 12, 11, and 9 points, respectively. Grade 8 science was 3 points above the state.
Palms gained ground on the state in ELA and math between 2024–25 and 2025–26, while its science lead narrowed. The school’s scores rose 4 points in ELA and 4 in math; its advantage over the state widened by 3 points in each subject. In science, Palms improved by 2 points, but the state’s larger gain narrowed the school’s advantage by 1 point. SchoolDigger ranked Palms in the 76th percentile in 2025–26, compared with the 73rd percentile the year before and 77th in 2023–24. For context, 72% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25, and chronic absenteeism was 17% in 2025–26, below the state’s 18% and district’s 23%. With only one listed school and two years of test results, the data cannot show local school-to-school differences or a longer-term trend.
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