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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 90036


At a glance
3
Schools
788
Students
Top rankedHancock Park Elementary1155th of 5,857 California elementary schools
Biggest riser
Wilshire Crest Elementary up 1,770 spots statewide this year
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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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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