Best Public Schools in Zip Code 90291

The 90291 zip code in Venice, CA, is served by four public schools: three elementary schools and one charter high school, collectively educating over 1,500 students within the Los Angeles Unified and Animo Venice Charter High District systems.

Among the elementary schools, Broadway Elementary stands out as a top performer, consistently ranking in the 97th-98th percentile statewide with very high test scores in English, math, and science. Coeur D'Alene Avenue Elementary shows impressive improvement, climbing to the 93rd percentile, while Westminster Avenue Elementary, despite having the highest per-student spending, has the lowest academic performance of the three. All three elementary schools outperform their district averages.

At the high school level, Animo Venice Charter High has a strong graduation rate and English performance but notably low math proficiency. A key finding is that chronic absenteeism is lower at the higher-performing elementary schools, and there is a wide variation in per-student spending that does not directly correlate with academic success, suggesting factors beyond funding significantly impact student outcomes.