Summary:
ZIP code 90230 has 10 schools across three districts: seven elementary schools serving K–5, one middle school and two high schools. In 2025–2026, their unweighted averages were 58% in ELA, 50% in math and 44% in science—above state averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. But the spread between the highest and lowest schools was 65 points in ELA, 77 in math and 70 in science. The most important takeaway is that ZIP-wide averages conceal major differences between individual schools.
Farragut Elementary led ELA at 79%, just ahead of Culver City High at 78%; El Marino Elementary led math at 77% and science at 70%. Those leaders were 30, 39 and 34 points above the state in their leading subjects. At the low end, Culver Park High scored 14% in ELA and 0% in both math and science—35, 38 and 36 points below state results. Its 11th-grade results also contrasted sharply with Culver City High’s, underscoring how different the two high schools’ outcomes are.
From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the area’s ELA advantage over the state widened by 2 points, while its math and science advantages each narrowed by about 1 point. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings rose from 85 to 94 for El Marino and from 87 to 94 for Farragut, while Learning by Design Charter fell from 62 to 2. Context measures show no simple pattern: in 2024–2025, Braddock Drive Elementary had 60% free/reduced lunch eligible and scored 71% in ELA and 73% in math; Stoner Avenue Elementary had 95% eligible and scored 47% and 44%, respectively. Culver Park’s 94% graduation rate is another counterpoint to its low proficiency scores and 100% chronic absenteeism. Culver Park and Learning by Design are small schools, so their results may be less stable; these figures describe differences, not their causes.
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