Summary:
ZIP code 90038 has three elementary schools: Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter and Vine Street Elementary serve kindergarten through grade 6, while Hollywood Elementary serves kindergarten through grade 5. In 2024–2025, results varied by school and subject, but science was the clearest area of concern: the schools averaged 19% proficiency, 14 points below the state’s 33%.
Vine Street led 2024–2025 all-grades ELA and math, with 45% and 50% proficient; its math result was 12 points above the state, though its ELA result was 4 points below. Santa Monica Boulevard had the strongest science result at 27%, while Hollywood had the lowest science result at 10%, 23 points below the state. The widest school-to-school spread was in science, at 17 points. In 2025–2026, Vine led Hollywood in ELA (55% versus 44%) and science (48% versus 38%); math was nearly tied, at 52% and 51%.
Both schools with results in both years improved in every tested subject, especially science: Vine gained 28 science points, and Hollywood gained 29. SchoolDigger percentile rankings also rose for Vine, from 52 to 70, and Hollywood, from 27 to 62; Santa Monica Boulevard ended at 48, one point below its earlier 49. Grade-level results offer additional nuance: Santa Monica Boulevard’s grade 6 ELA and math were 9 and 16 points above state results, despite lower all-grades scores. In sy 2024–2025, all three reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares between 91% and 97%; student-teacher ratios ranged from 15.9 to 19.7, with no simple alignment between lower ratios and stronger scores. The 2025–2026 comparison includes only Vine and Hollywood.
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