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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 90062

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Schools

1,435

Students

Districts

Top rankedLibertas College Preparatory Charter1208^th of 2,740 California middle schools

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Biggest riser

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary up 727 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Schools in zip code 90062 include four schools spanning kindergarten through grade 8: Western Avenue Technology Magnet (K–8), Libertas College Preparatory Charter (grades 4–8), Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy (grades 6–8), and Martin Luther King Junior Elementary (K–5). The most important finding is that all three schools with 2025–26 results scored below the state proficiency rate in ELA, math, and science: even the highest school result in each subject was 33% in ELA, 25% in math, and 17% in science, compared with 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide.

Libertas stood out in 2024–25, leading the four-school group in all three subjects: its 41% ELA result was 11 percentage points above the next-highest school, its 35% math result was 14 points higher, and its 23% science result was 4 points higher. It remained below state results in all three subjects. Among the schools with 2025–26 results, Western led ELA at 33% and science at 17%, while Martin Luther King narrowly led math at 25%. Barack Obama had the lowest all-grades result in each subject that year: 25% in ELA, 12% in math, and 9% in science.

Results improved overall for the three schools with scores in both years, but progress varied. Martin Luther King made the largest gains, rising 7 points in ELA, 5 in math, and 9 in science; Western and Barack Obama improved in ELA and math but fell 2 points each in science. SchoolDigger ranked Martin Luther King at the 23rd percentile in 2025–26, up from the 11th in 2023–24; Western was at the 19th percentile, and Barack Obama at the 9th. For 2024–25, Western and Martin Luther King reported 60% and 64% directly certified for free meals; both were flagged as likely to have all students receive free meals (Community Eligibility). Barack Obama and Libertas reported 95% and 91% free/reduced lunch eligible that year—different measures that should not be treated as directly comparable. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 13.0 at Barack Obama to 25.1 at Libertas in 2024–25; these figures and income measures are context, not explanations for score differences.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th 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 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th 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 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Libertas College Preparatory Charter	Public, Charter	4-8	5101 South Western Ave.	Los Angeles	90062	Los Angeles County	Libertas College Preparatory Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 400-6149	301	12	25.1	91.4%	2 (0.7%)	62 (20.6%)	233 (77.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	49.2	1208^th of 2740 public middle schools	55.9%		48.1	1234^th of 2761 public middle schools	55.3%	26	12.5	33.8	24.8		28.6	32.1	38.0	47.3	52.0	41.8		27.6	14.6	31.0	35.1	36.8	30.2			$22,548	$954	$21,594
Martin Luther King Junior Elementary	Public	K-5	3989 South Hobart Blvd.	Los Angeles	90062	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 294-0031	278	15	19.1	—	3 (1.1%)	43 (15.5%)	223 (80.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	23.7	4498^th of 5817 public elementary schools	22.7%		15.5	5225^th of 5857 public elementary schools	10.8%	727	16.4		16.4	28.6	21.4	40.0				31.1	31.4	16.7	27.3				25.0	88%	0%	$34,088	$3,477	$30,611
Western Avenue Technology Magnet	Public	K-8	1724 West 53rd St.	Los Angeles	90062	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 295-3261	563	30	18.6	—	4 (0.7%)	85 (15.1%)	434 (77.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.4%)	21.3	4696^th of 5817 public elementary schools	19.3%		21.7	4693^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	19.9%	3	11.5	23.9	16.8	24.6	37.3	29.5	27.1	42.0	37.0	32.7	19.7	28.4	9.8	31.3	28.0	30.4	24.0	91%	0%	$27,693	$3,500	$24,193
Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy	Public	6-8	1700 West 46th St.	Los Angeles	90062	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 421-1700	293	23	13.0	95.2%	6 (2.0%)	62 (21.2%)	214 (73.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)	13.4	2480^th of 2740 public middle schools	9.5%		13.5	2501^st of 2761 public middle schools	9.4%	21		9.0	9.0				20.2	31.9	23.2	24.9				8.7	13.0	16.1	12.4			$40,685	$4,690	$35,995

Cities Near Zip Code 90062

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Los Angeles	0.33 mi	738	462^nd
Inglewood	3.03 mi	37	585^th
Huntington Park	4.51 mi	38	483^rd
Culver City	4.88 mi	12	170^th
Walnut Park	5.01 mi	5	630^th

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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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