Summary:
ZIP code 90278 has 12 schools—seven elementary, two middle and three high schools—spanning elementary through high school. In 2025–26, every elementary and middle school was above the state result in ELA, math and science, but the two high schools with 11th-grade results had sharply different outcomes: Redondo Union High was above the state in all three subjects, while Patricia Dreizler Continuation High was below in all three. The most important takeaway is that strong elementary and middle results do not describe the high-school picture uniformly.
Among elementary schools, Alta Vista Elementary led in ELA and math, with 81% and 84% proficient; Washington Elementary had the lowest results in those subjects, at 64% and 65—a gap of 17 points in ELA and 19 in math. Science varied most: Birney Elementary scored 83%, compared with 45% at Madison Elementary, a 39-point spread. At middle school, Adams Middle led ELA and math, while Parras (Nick G.) Middle led science; their subject gaps were small, from 1 to 7 points. SchoolDigger ranks Alta Vista at the 98th percentile and Washington at the 82nd; Adams is at the 93rd and Parras at the 89th.
Recent changes were mixed: elementary schools averaged a 2-point ELA increase, a 1-point math decline and a 3-point science increase; middle schools averaged gains of 1 point in ELA and 3 in math, with science roughly flat. Individual changes differed substantially: Washington fell 6 points in ELA, 6 in math and 12 in science, while Alta Vista science rose 28 points and Madison science fell 20. As context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 9% at Jefferson Elementary to 27% at Madison; these figures are observations, not explanations for results. Reported student-teacher ratios ranged from 5.8 at Redondo Beach Learning Academy to 27 at Birney. Redondo Beach Learning Academy has no test-score results in the supplied data.
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