Summary:
ZIP code 90036 has three schools in Los Angeles Unified: Hancock Park Elementary and Wilshire Crest Elementary, both serving kindergarten through grade 5, and Whitman Continuation, serving grades 9–12. The most important finding is that elementary results vary sharply by school: in 2025–2026, Hancock was above the state in ELA, math, and science, while Wilshire was below it in all three.
Hancock Park stands out among the elementary schools, with 62% proficient in ELA, 59% in math, and 65% in science—28, 30, and 34 percentage points higher than Wilshire Crest, respectively. Hancock was also 13 points above the state in ELA, 21 points above in math, and 29 points above in science. Wilshire’s results were 34% in ELA, 29% in math, and 32% in science, all below state results. Whitman had 35% proficiency in science, about 1 point below the state; its all-grades ELA and math figures were suppressed. Attendance is another concern: chronic absenteeism was 29% at Hancock, 27% at Wilshire, and 81% at Whitman, compared with 18% statewide.
Recent results show different patterns by school and subject. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Wilshire’s ELA fell 13 percentage points and math fell 10, while science rose 12; Hancock’s ELA fell 2 points, math was nearly unchanged, and science rose 19. SchoolDigger ranked Hancock in the 81st percentile in 2025–2026, compared with the 84th in 2023–2024; Wilshire ranked in the 33rd percentile, down from the 53rd the year before. In 2024–2025, Wilshire reported a student-teacher ratio of 19.2 and 78% of students free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with Hancock’s ratio of 23.0 and 56% free/reduced lunch eligible. Wilshire also reported higher spending per student that year, $64,284 versus $32,250; these are contextual differences, not explanations for the test results. Elementary-to-high-school comparisons are limited by the different grade spans.
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