Summary:
ZIP code 90274 has one middle school, Palos Verdes Intermediate, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 735 students. With no other middle schools in the ZIP code, families can compare its results with district and state figures, but not with nearby schools in this data set. The clearest takeaway is that the school is far above California proficiency levels in all three tested subjects, while its latest results are close to those of Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified.
Palos Verdes Intermediate is the only school to assess here, so there is no local top or bottom school. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 79% in English language arts (ELA), 73% in math, and 68% in science—about 30, 35, and 32 percentage points above state results, respectively. Against the district, the school was about 1 point lower in ELA and math and 1 point higher in science. ELA had the highest overall proficiency, but math showed the largest lead over the state. Within the school, grade 7 had the highest ELA and math results (81% and 74%), while grade 8 had the lowest (76% and 71%).
Recent results moved in different directions by subject: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA was nearly unchanged at 79%, math fell from 76% to 73%, and science fell from 73% to 68%; state results rose in all three subjects. SchoolDigger ranked the school 105th of 2,783 in 2023–2024, 92nd of 2,761 in 2024–2025, and 106th of 2,703 in 2025–2026, placing it in the 96th–97th percentile across those years. Chronic absenteeism was 9% in 2025–2026, versus 10% districtwide and 18% statewide. Other context measures include a 22.5 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 9% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. These figures describe the school but do not provide comparisons with similar schools.
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