Best Public Schools in Zip Code 90036

Summary:

Zip code 90036 in Los Angeles contains three public schools within the Los Angeles Unified district: two elementary schools and one continuation high school, serving a total of 788 students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

Hancock Park Elementary stands out as the highest-performing school in the area, consistently ranking in the top 20% of California elementary schools with strong test scores that exceed district and state averages across English, math, and science. In contrast, Wilshire Crest Elementary shows more average performance overall but has notable inconsistency, with fourth-grade math scores dipping significantly compared to other grades.

The Whitman Continuation high school serves a small population of at-risk students and faces significant challenges, including a very high chronic absenteeism rate and lower graduation rates compared to district and state averages. While Hancock Park achieves its strong results with the lowest per-student spending of the three schools, Whitman receives more resources per student, highlighting the complex relationship between funding, student needs, and academic outcomes in this zip code.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hancock Park Elementary	Public	K-5	408 South Fairfax Ave.	Los Angeles	90036	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 935-5272	589	26	23.0	55.5%	187 (31.7%)	53 (9.0%)	105 (17.8%)	192 (32.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.8%)	80	1155^th of 5857 public elementary schools	80.3%		85.2	942^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	83.9%	213	46.3		46.3	60.9	72.0	58.3		64.3	59.7	69.6	47.8		59.6	95.7	97.4	98.3	97.4	$19,273	$2,610	$16,663
Wilshire Crest Elementary	Public	K-5	5241 West Olympic Blvd.	Los Angeles	90036	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 938-5291	154	8	19.2	78.6%	13 (8.4%)	41 (26.6%)	80 (51.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	19 (12.3%)	47.1	2753^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	53.0%		23.5	4523^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	22.9%	1770	20.0		20.0	57.9	40.0	40.0		46.9	68.4	13.3	26.7		38.8					$38,676	$7,271	$31,405
Whitman Continuation	Public	9-12	7795 Rosewood Ave.	Los Angeles	90036	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 651-0645	45	3	15.2	91.1%	1 (2.2%)	8 (17.8%)	33 (73.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.4%)	32.3	1442^nd of 2162 public high schools	33.3%		41.4	1211^th of 2159 public high schools	43.9%	231		16.7	14.3				27.3	27.3				22.7	22.7					$44,059	$8,231	$35,828

Cities Near Zip Code 90036

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Los Angeles	0.59 mi	741	493^rd
Beverly Hills	1.79 mi	6	70^th
West Hollywood	1.9 mi	3	72^nd
Hollywood	2.68 mi	3	599^th
Culver City	3.96 mi	12	183^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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