Schools in Zip Code 90245

Schools in ZIP code 90245 include 11 schools: two elementary schools, one middle school, six high schools and two alternative schools, ranging from 14 students at Success Learning Center to 1,232 at El Segundo High. The strongest consistent pattern is in elementary grades: Center Street Elementary and Richmond Street Elementary were above state results in every listed grade 3–5 subject, while high-school results vary much more from school to school.

El Segundo High leads the reported 2025–26 grade-11 results, with 75% proficient in ELA, 69% in math and 63% in science—18, 37 and 24 percentage points above the state, respectively. In 2024–25, Da Vinci Science led the Da Vinci high schools in all three grade-11 subjects, scoring 74% in ELA, 48% in math and 49% in science; its advantages over the state were 17, 17 and 15 points. At the other end, Da Vinci RISE High posted 13% in ELA and 5% in math in 2025–26, respectively 45 and 26 points below state results. Its chronic absenteeism was 63%, compared with 18% statewide, and graduation was 42%, versus 88% statewide.

Recent changes are mixed: 2025–26 All Grades results at Center Street Elementary rose 7 points in ELA, 8 in math and 13 in science from the prior year, while El Segundo High gained 8 points in math but fell 7 in ELA. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking for Da Vinci Science fell from the 96th percentile in 2022–23 to the 88th in 2024–25; Richmond Street Elementary rose from the 93rd to the 95th percentile between 2023–24 and 2025–26. The schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25 also differ: 10% at Richmond Street, 34% at Da Vinci Science and 90% at RISE, a contrast that provides context but does not explain test results. These school-level All Grades changes are trends within each school, not direct grade-matched comparisons across schools.