Summary:
ZIP code 90404 has two K–5 elementary schools, Edison Elementary and McKinley Elementary, which makes their results directly comparable by grade span. In 2025–2026, both schools were above the state proficiency results in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. The most important distinction for families is that the schools’ strong results compared with the state mask a meaningful gap between the two local options.
Edison Elementary is the clear achievement standout, with proficiency of 80% in ELA, 77% in math, and 68% in science, compared with 68%, 57%, and 48% at McKinley Elementary. Edison’s leads were 12 percentage points in ELA, 20 in math, and 20 in science. McKinley is lower in this two-school comparison but still exceeded state results by 18 points in ELA, 19 in math, and 12 in science. The largest grade-level separation was in fifth-grade math: 77% proficient at Edison versus 44% at McKinley; both were above the state’s 37%.
Recent results are mixed rather than consistently rising: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the two-school average increased by 1 percentage point in ELA and 3 in science, but fell by 3 in math. SchoolDigger rankings also diverged: Edison rose from the 89th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 95th in 2025–2026, while McKinley slipped from the 83rd to the 81st. Other school profiles differ: in 2024–2025, student–teacher ratios were 19.3 at Edison and 16.7 at McKinley; both reported the same income measure, free/reduced lunch eligible, at 40% and 42%, respectively. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 5% at Edison and 12% at McKinley, compared with 15% districtwide and 18% statewide. These are school-level trends, not evidence that the same students’ results changed.
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