Summary:
Four Downey High, Warren (Earl) High, Columbus (Christopher) High and Woodruff Academy serve grades 7–12 in zip code 90241, with enrollments ranging from 14 to 4,051. Three schools have reported 2025–26 test scores; Woodruff’s current scores are suppressed by the state. Across the other three schools, simple average results were 53% in ELA versus 49% statewide, 25% in math versus 38%, and 17% in science versus 36%; science is the clearest shared weakness relative to the state.
Warren High leads all-grades ELA and math, with 72% in ELA and 39% in math; those results are 4 and 4 points above Downey High, respectively. Downey leads science at 27%, 10 points ahead of Warren. Columbus is the low-scoring outlier: 18% in ELA, 0% in math and 6% in science. SchoolDigger ranks Warren at the 78th percentile with 4 stars, Downey at the 65th percentile with 3 stars, and Columbus at the 12th percentile with 1 star.
Recent changes vary by subject: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, the three-school average rose 2 points in ELA, slipped 1 point in math and fell 6 points in science. Warren’s science score dropped 15 points, while its ELA score remained the highest despite a 1-point decline. Context also differs: in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 79% at Downey, 80% at Warren, 90% at Columbus and 79% at Woodruff. In 2025–26, chronic absenteeism was 57% at Columbus and 52% at Woodruff, compared with 20% at Downey and 22% at Warren. Graduation rates were 99% at Downey and 98% at Warren; Columbus was at 88%, close to the 88% state rate despite its lower test results.
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