Summary:
ZIP code 90808 has 10 public schools serving elementary through high school, including six elementary schools, three middle schools and one high school, with 7,052 students in all. In 2025–2026, their average proficiency was 68% in ELA, 57% in math and 50% in science, compared with state averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. The clearest takeaway is that area results are generally above state levels, but vary substantially from school to school—especially in ELA, where results span 43 percentage points and one school falls below the state.
The top school depends on the subject: Ernest S. McBride Senior High leads ELA at 84%, while Twain Elementary is lowest at 41%, 8 points below the state. Carver Elementary narrowly leads math at 72.8%, just ahead of Newcomb Academy at 72.4%. Newcomb leads science at 67%; Bancroft Middle is lowest at 35%, about 1 point below the state. Among middle schools, Helen Keller Middle leads all three subjects, with 73% ELA, 61% math and 52% science.
Area averages rose by 3 points in math and 4 in science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while ELA was nearly unchanged. Changes varied: Helen Keller gained 10 points in math and 12 in science, while Twain’s ELA result fell 10 points even as its math and science results increased. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from the 85th to the 93rd percentile for McBride and from the 85th to the 90th for Helen Keller. Student-teacher ratios range from 22.6 to 27.7; reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–2025 range from 20% at Newcomb to 56% at Twain. These figures provide context, but do not explain why schools’ results differ.
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