Summary:
90262 has three high schools in Lynwood, California—Lynwood High, Marco Antonio Firebaugh High, and Vista High—all serving grades 9–12. In 2025–2026, the schools’ average proficiency was 36% in ELA, 10% in math, and 14% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38%, and 36%. Math is the area’s largest overall gap from the state, but the most important finding for families is how sharply results differ by school: Marco’s ELA proficiency was 29 points higher than Vista’s.
Marco Antonio Firebaugh High led in ELA and science, with 47% and 20% proficient; both results were still below the state, by 3 and 16 points. Lynwood High narrowly led math at 14%, just under 1 point above Marco, while remaining 24 points below the state. Vista High had the lowest result in every subject: 18% in ELA, 3% in math, and 9% in science. Its ELA score was 26 points below the next-lowest school, and its math and science scores were each about 10 points below the next-lowest. Marco also had the strongest reported graduation and attendance measures: a 92% graduation rate and 17% chronic absenteeism, compared with Vista’s 76% and 85%.
Recent trends are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Vista improved in all three subjects, including a 11-point ELA gain, but remained the lowest-scoring school; Marco’s ELA and math results fell 6 and 11 points, while its science result rose 4 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings in 2025–2026 were 39 for Marco, 32 for Lynwood, and 19 for Vista; Marco had been at the 52nd percentile the year before. The schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible measures for 2024–2025 were similar—96% at Lynwood, 95% at Marco, and 96% at Vista. Vista is much smaller, with 186 students and a 12.2 student-teacher ratio, compared with 1,633–1,858 students and ratios of 22.4–24.3 at the other two schools, but it had the lowest proficiency in each subject.
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