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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 90502

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Schools

923

Students

Top rankedVan Deene Avenue Elementary1510^th of 5,804 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Meyler Street Elementary up 563 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 90502 has two elementary schools in Los Angeles Unified: Meyler Street Elementary enrolls 603 students in grades K–5, and Van Deene Avenue Elementary enrolls 320 in grades K–6. The clearest overall difference is test performance: Van Deene leads Meyler in every all-grade subject, and that advantage also appears in the grades they share.

Van Deene stands out at the top: in 2025–2026, its all-grade results were 61% in ELA, 52% in math, and 38% in science, compared with 40%, 38%, and 18% at Meyler. Those differences are 21 percentage points in ELA, 14 in math, and 20 in science. Van Deene was above California by 12 points in ELA, 13 in math, and 2 in science; Meyler was below by 9, 1, and 18 points, respectively. The lead is not just due to Van Deene serving grade 6: across grades 3–5, Van Deene was above the state in every listed subject-grade comparison, while Meyler was below it.

Results improved unevenly over time. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Meyler gained 6 points in ELA and 7 in math but fell 4 in science; Van Deene gained 1, 3, and 5 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentiles also diverged: Meyler went from the 45th percentile to the 43rd over three years, while Van Deene rose from the 53rd to the 74th. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 96% at Meyler and 80% at Van Deene; student–teacher ratios were 19.4 and 21.3, respectively. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 25% at Meyler and 17% at Van Deene. These figures provide context, not explanations for score differences, and the schools’ different grade spans make all-grade comparisons less directly comparable.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Meyler Street Elementary	Public	K-5	1123 West 223rd St.	Torrance	90502	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 328-3910	603	31	19.4	95.5%	9 (1.5%)	55 (9.1%)	454 (75.3%)	27 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	49 (8.1%)	38.9	3294^th of 5804 public elementary schools	43.2%		31.2	3857^th of 5857 public elementary schools	34.1%	563	18.0	18.0	38.5	44.6	38.4		40.3	45.1	39.8	28.9		37.6	97.7	98.5	98.5	$36,570	$34,164	$2,406
Van Deene Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	826 West Javelin St.	Torrance	90502	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 320-8680	320	15	21.3	80.3%	13 (4.1%)	13 (4.1%)	242 (75.6%)	42 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	7 (2.2%)	71.4	1510^th of 5804 public elementary schools	74.0%		68.6	1662^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	71.6%	152	37.5	37.5	66.7	54.8	53.9	72.7	61.3	63.9	47.6	37.5	60.6	51.7				$40,239	$37,436	$2,803

Cities Near Zip Code 90502

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Torrance	0.24 mi	36	139^th
Carson	0.91 mi	26	381^st
Gardena	1.84 mi	18	473^rd
Harbor City	2.37 mi	6	443^rd
Lomita	2.99 mi	3	241^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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