Summary:
ZIP code 90601 has seven schools: five elementary schools, one middle school and one high school; Wallen L. Andrews serves kindergarten through grade 8. In 2025–2026, the schools’ average all-grades results were about 51% in ELA and 39% in math, close to state averages of 49% and 38%; the area’s science average was 33%, below the state’s 36%. The most important takeaway is that these averages conceal sharply different results from school to school.
Whittier High leads the area in all three all-grades subjects, with 68% proficient in ELA, 52% in math and 45% in science—19, 14 and 9 percentage points above state results. Andrews is a standout among schools serving elementary and middle grades: its scores are 61% in ELA, 45% in math and 42% in science, each above the state. At the lower end, Orange Grove Elementary has the lowest ELA and science results, at 28% and 19%; Dexter Middle has the lowest math result, at 26%. In matched grades 6–8, Andrews is ahead of Dexter in every reported ELA and math grade.
Recent results show sharply different school trajectories: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Whittier High rose 4 points in ELA, 10 in math and 18 in science, while Orange Grove fell 7, 7 and 5 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking percentiles also rose for Whittier High, from the 75th to the 83rd, and Dexter, from the 32nd to the 44th; Orange Grove dropped from the 49th to the 25th. Context may help families compare schools, but it does not explain their results: elementary schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025 ranged from 61% at Andrews to 84% at Orange Grove, while their student-teacher ratios ranged from 20.8 at Andrews to 25.9 at Hoover. Whittier High’s chronic absenteeism was 26%, above the state’s 18%, despite its strong results.
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