Summary:
Zip code 91011 has three K–6 elementary schools, all in La Canada Unified: Paradise Canyon Elementary, Palm Crest Elementary and La Canada Elementary. All three have high 2025–26 proficiency compared with California: the schools’ all-grade rates range from 86% to 91% in ELA, 83% to 90% in math and 77% to 92% in science, while state rates are 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively. The clearest overall finding is that Palm Crest leads all three schools in each subject.
Palm Crest Elementary stands out at the top, with 91% proficiency in ELA, 90% in math and 92% in science—about 41, 52 and 56 percentage points above state rates. Paradise Canyon Elementary is second overall, at 87% in ELA, 84% in math and 90% in science; its math result is just 0 points below the district rate when rounded. La Canada Elementary has the lowest all-grade result in each subject, most notably science at 77%, compared with 90% at Paradise Canyon and 92% at Palm Crest. However, La Canada Elementary leads fourth-grade ELA at 91%, ahead of Palm Crest at 89% and Paradise Canyon at 82%. SchoolDigger ranked Palm Crest 9th, Paradise Canyon 42nd and La Canada Elementary 79th among 5,804 elementary schools statewide.
Science results rose at all three schools from 2024–25 to 2025–26: by 10 percentage points at Paradise Canyon, 19 at Palm Crest and 10 at La Canada Elementary. ELA and math changes were smaller and mixed: Paradise Canyon and Palm Crest improved in both, while La Canada Elementary fell 2 points in ELA and 1 point in math. SchoolDigger’s three-year rankings improved overall from 2023–24 to 2025–26, though each school’s year-to-year path varied. For additional context, 2024–25 student-teacher ratios ranged from 22.5 at Palm Crest to 25.4 at La Canada Elementary; all three reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25, at 5% for Paradise Canyon and Palm Crest and 7% for La Canada Elementary. These measures are observations, not explanations for score differences.
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