Summary:
Zip code 91311 has one listed middle school, Ernest Lawrence Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 1,076 students and a student-teacher ratio of 20.8:1 in 2024–2025. With only one school listed, there is no meaningful local leader-versus-trailer comparison. The most important finding is that in 2025–2026, the school’s all-grade proficiency was above California’s in ELA, math and science, with its largest advantage in science.
Ernest Lawrence is therefore the only school-level result to consider: its proficiency was 51% in ELA, 39% in math and 40% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. Its advantage over the state was about 2 percentage points in ELA and 4 in science; math was only narrowly higher. Compared with Los Angeles Unified, it was higher by about 3 points in ELA and 8 in science, but lower by about 1 point in math. Grade-level results point to seventh grade as a high point: the school was about 6 points above the state in both seventh-grade ELA and math, while sixth-grade results were about 2 points below in ELA and 3 below in math.
Results have improved most clearly in science: proficiency rose 7 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, compared with a 3-point state increase, widening the school’s state advantage by about 4 points. Math rose about 1 point, while ELA slipped slightly. SchoolDigger places the school at the 65th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026, following the 58th percentile in 2023–2024 and 66th in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 22%, below the district’s 23% but above the state’s 18%. The school reports 70% free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025; California’s statewide free-meals status means all students receive free school meals, which is distinct from the school’s reported measure.
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