Best Public Schools in Zip Code 90291

ZIP code 90291 has three K–5 elementary schools in Los Angeles Unified, and all three scored above California’s averages in ELA, math, and science in 2025–2026. Their unweighted average was 77% in ELA, 71% in math, and 60% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38%, and 36%, respectively. The group’s strongest relative subject was math, where its average was 33 percentage points above the state; its weakest was science, at 24 points above. But school results vary sharply, particularly in science: the most important finding is that two schools are far above the state in science while the third is virtually level with it.

Broadway Elementary leads in all three subjects, with 86% proficiency in ELA, 81% in math, and 77% in science; Coeur D’Alene Avenue Elementary is second, at 79%, 76%, and 67%. Westminster Avenue Elementary is lowest, at 65% in ELA, 56% in math, and 36% in science. The gap between the highest and lowest results is 22 percentage points in ELA, 24 in math, and 41 in science. SchoolDigger ranks Broadway 105th of 5,804 statewide and Coeur D’Alene 321st, both with five stars; Westminster ranks 1,320th and has four stars. Westminster’s science result is nearly identical to the state’s 36%.

All three schools improved their SchoolDigger percentile rankings over the three years shown, with Westminster making the biggest gain, from the 64th to the 77th percentile. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the group’s average rose 2 percentage points in ELA, 5 in math, and 2 in science; its advantage over the state grew by 2 points in ELA and 4 in math, but narrowed by 2 in science. Westminster had the largest ELA and math score gains, up 6 and 8 points. School characteristics offer context, not an explanation: Westminster has the lowest student-teacher ratio (20.3) and highest reported spending, while its 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible share was 78%, compared with 26% at Broadway and 32% at Coeur D’Alene. Its 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism was also higher, at 23%, versus 13% and 14% at the other schools.