Summary:
ZIP code 90670 has three K–5 elementary schools: Lakeview Elementary, Rancho Santa Gertrudes Elementary, and Jersey Avenue Elementary. In 2025–2026, their equal-weighted average was 49% in ELA and 39% in math, compared with state averages of 49% and 38%; science averaged 38% locally versus 36% statewide. The most important finding is that the area’s earlier advantage over the state in ELA and math had nearly disappeared: the three-school averages fell 5 and 6 percentage points, respectively, from 2024–2025.
Lakeview leads in ELA and math, with 56% and 43% proficient; its ELA result is 7 points above the state, and it is 11 points ahead of the other schools’ average. Rancho is the clear low performer in those subjects, at 37% in ELA and 35% in math—12 and 4 points below the state. But Rancho leads in science at 43%, 7 points above the state. Jersey Avenue shows why grade-level results matter: its all-grades math score was 38%, close to the state, but fifth-grade math was just 16%, 20 points below the state. Its third-grade math was much stronger at 55%, 8 points above the state.
Recent trends also separate the schools. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Lakeview’s ELA rose 2 points and science rose 16, while math fell 3; Rancho’s science rose 19 points even as ELA fell 7 and math fell 3. Jersey Avenue declined in all three subjects, by 11 points in ELA, 13 in math, and 11 in science. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings across three years were relatively steady for Lakeview (65, 64, 66), fell for Rancho (70, 52, 48), and rose then fell for Jersey Avenue (62, 76, 58). For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 72% at Lakeview, 87% at Rancho, and 75% at Jersey Avenue; student-teacher ratios were 21.7, 21.9, and 20.0, respectively.
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