Summary:
Zip code 90813 has seven schools: four elementary schools serving kindergarten through grade 5 and three high schools serving grades 9–12. Six schools have 2025–26 test results; their average proficiency was 41% in ELA, 30% in math and 18% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important takeaway is how much results differ from school to school: the highest-to-lowest spreads were 38 percentage points in ELA, 34 in math and 25 in science.
Lincoln Elementary was the strongest all-around elementary school, with 52% proficient in ELA, 53% in math and 26% in science; it exceeded the state in ELA by 3 points and in math by 14, though it was 10 points below in science. Renaissance High School for the Arts led ELA at 58%, 3 points above Polytechnic High and 9 above the state, but scored 23% in math and 2% in science. Whittier Elementary had the lowest ELA and math results, at 20% and 19%—32 and 34 points below Lincoln. In grade 3, Lincoln also exceeded Whittier by 50 points in ELA and 54 in math.
Results mostly declined from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while state results rose in all three subjects: the six-school average fell 6 points in ELA, 2 in math and 3 in science. Lincoln was a notable exception, improving 3 points in ELA and 4 in math; Jenny Oropeza Elementary and Renaissance fell in all three subjects. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile rose for Lincoln, from 54 to 66, but fell for Jenny Oropeza, from 46 to 26. In 2024–25, Lincoln and Whittier reported similar free/reduced lunch eligibility—89% and 87%—and student-teacher ratios of 23.8 and 22.3; these are contextual observations, not explanations for their different results. Intellectual Virtues Academy has no supplied 2025–26 test scores, so its latest results are from 2024–25.
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