Summary:
ZIP code 90712 has six schools—three elementary, one middle and two high school—serving 2,295 students across Long Beach Unified and Paramount Unified; enrollment ranges from 180 to 505. The schools’ results are mixed rather than uniformly strong or weak: the six-school average is above the state in English language arts (ELA) and science, and about level in math. The most important difference for families is between the two high schools, whose reported proficiency results are far apart.
Odyssey STEM Academy leads in ELA (81%) and science (64%), while Madison Elementary leads in math (53%) and has the highest ELA score among the three elementary schools (66%). At the other end, Buena Vista High is lowest in all three subjects, with 17% in ELA, 2% in math and 7% in science. Odyssey’s scores are higher than Buena Vista’s by 65 percentage points in ELA, 39 in math and 57 in science. Across all six schools, average proficiency is 53% in ELA and 42% in science, compared with state averages of 49% and 36%; math averages 38% for both schools and the state.
Results generally improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the six-school averages rose 2 points in ELA, 3 in math and 13 in science. Odyssey had the largest gains—13, 20 and 30 points, respectively—while Holmes Elementary declined in all three subjects. SchoolDigger ranks Odyssey at the 89th statewide percentile and Madison at the 78th, compared with the 12th for Buena Vista. Other measures add context, not an explanation: in 2024–2025, both high schools reported similar free/reduced lunch eligible figures (95% at Odyssey and 96% at Buena Vista), while their graduation rates were 99% and 76%, respectively. Their student-teacher ratios were 17.6 and 11.0, so those figures alone do not explain the schools’ contrasting results.
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