Best Public Schools in Zip Code 90059

Zip code 90059 has 10 schools: seven elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools. Eight schools have 2025–26 results, while the other two have 2024–25 results. Across the eight schools with newer results, average proficiency was 39% in ELA, 38% in math, and 24% in science, compared with California averages of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The most important takeaway is that science is the clearest shared weakness: seven of the eight schools scored below the state.

King/Drew Medical Magnet High stands out in the 2025–26 group, leading ELA at 76% and science at 50%, and scoring above the state in all three subjects. Its ELA score was 31 points above the next-highest school, Carver Elementary. Carver led math at 49%, narrowly ahead of Ritter Elementary at 48%; Carver serves K–8, so its all-grades results are not directly comparable with K–5 schools. Among K–5 schools, Ritter led math, while One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary led science at 33%. At the other end, Lovelia P. Flournoy Elementary had the lowest results in all three subjects: 18% in ELA, 14% in math, and 14% in science. In the separate 2024–25 comparison, Alliance Jack H. Skirball Middle outscored Alliance Cindy and Bill Simon Technology Academy High in all three subjects.

Results generally improved among the eight schools with scores in both years: average scores rose 1 point in ELA, 5 in math, and 6 in science, bringing the group closer to state averages in all three subjects. Improvement was not universal: Ritter’s science score fell 7 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking history shows One Hundred Ninth Street rising from the 22nd to the 47th percentile, while Simon fell from the 44th to the 35th percentile in its available years. Context measures do not neatly sort results: student–teacher ratios range from 15.2 at Flournoy to 32.5 at Carver, despite their very different performance profiles. For 2024–25, nine schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranging from 90% to 98%; One Hundred Twelfth Street Elementary instead reported 67% directly certified for free meals that year. These are contextual observations, not explanations for test results.