Summary:
Zip code 90071 has two high schools serving grades 9–12: Ednovate – USC Hybrid High College Prep (521 students) and Ednovate – Encore Arts and Media College Prep (48 students). The clearest standout in the reported results is USC Hybrid’s English language arts performance: in 2024–2025, 78% of students were proficient, compared with 49% statewide, a 29-point advantage.
Relative to their own state comparisons, USC Hybrid stands out most in ELA and also performed above the state in science; its all-grades math result was about the same as the state’s. USC Hybrid’s 2024–2025 science proficiency was 39%, versus 33% statewide, a 7-point advantage. Encore’s available 2025–2026 science results were below the state: 28% proficient across all grades versus 36%, an 8-point gap, and 28% in 10th grade versus 33%, a 5-point gap. USC Hybrid’s science results also varied by grade: 47% in 12th grade compared with 33% in 10th, while both grades were above their state comparisons. Because the schools’ results are from different years, they do not establish which school performed better overall.
SchoolDigger’s ranking history shows USC Hybrid moving up 180 places, from 578th of 2,170 schools in 2022–2023 to 394th of 2,162 in 2024–2025; its percentile figure rose from 73 to 82, and its latest rating was four stars. The schools also differ in context: in 2024–2025, USC Hybrid had a 23.3 student-teacher ratio and 72% free/reduced lunch eligible, while Encore had a 10.1 ratio and 88% free/reduced lunch eligible. These measures describe different school settings, not reasons for the test results.
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