Summary:
ZIP code 90262 has 18 schools: 13 elementary schools, two middle schools and three high schools. The 2025–2026 results show a wide range in student proficiency, with the average school below the state benchmark in English language arts (ELA), mathematics and science. The area’s school averages were 35% in ELA, 24% in mathematics and 20% in science, compared with state benchmarks of about 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important finding is that Washington Elementary is the only school above the state benchmark in all three subjects.
Washington Elementary leads the list, scoring 57% in ELA, 43% in mathematics and 42% in science. Its ELA result was 11 points above the next-highest, Marco Antonio Firebaugh High; its mathematics result led Will Rogers Elementary by 7 points, and its science result led Lindbergh Elementary by 12 points. At the other end, Vista High had the lowest result in all three subjects: 18% in ELA, 3% in mathematics and 9% in science. Those scores were 32, 35 and 27 points below the respective state benchmarks.
Across the 18 schools, average ELA results rose by 1 point from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, science rose by 3 points, and mathematics was essentially unchanged; the ELA gap to the state narrowed, while the science gap stayed about the same. School-level changes differed: Soleil Academy Charter improved its SchoolDigger statewide ranking percentile from 19 to 44, while its 10% chronic absenteeism was below the state’s 18%; Vista High had 85% chronic absenteeism. Graduation rates also distinguish the high schools: Marco Antonio Firebaugh High was at 92%, compared with 76% at Vista High. As context, Washington Elementary and Lindbergh Elementary each had 91% of students free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, despite a 28-point ELA difference in the latest results. Schoolwide scores combine different grade spans, so comparisons are not perfectly like-for-like.
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