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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 91316

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Schools

1,095

Students

5-star school

Top rankedAcademy for Enriched Sciences100^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 91316 has three public elementary schools serving kindergarten through fifth grade: Encino Charter Elementary, Academy for Enriched Sciences, and Emelita Street Elementary. In 2025–2026, the unweighted average across the schools was above the state rate in English language arts, math, and science, but results varied considerably from one school to another. The most important finding is that the math proficiency gap between the highest- and lowest-scoring schools was 51 percentage points.

Academy for Enriched Sciences stands out at the top: its proficiency was 83% in ELA, 84% in math, and 74% in science—34, 46, and 38 percentage points above state rates, respectively. Encino Charter Elementary sits between the other two schools, with 70% in ELA, 68% in math, and 51% in science, all above state rates. Emelita Street Elementary is lowest in ELA and math, at 39% and 33%—10 and 6 points below the state—while its 37% science result is 1 point above the state.

Recent test-score changes show different patterns: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Academy improved by 2 points in ELA, 6 in math, and 7 in science; Encino gained 2 in ELA and 5 in science but fell 1 in math; Emelita fell 2 in ELA and 3 in math but gained 3 in science. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide percentiles also distinguish the schools: Academy ranked at the 98th percentile, Encino at the 87th, and Emelita at the 44th. For context, all three reported the same low-income measure, free/reduced lunch eligible, for 2024–2025: 31% at Academy, 41% at Encino, and 71% at Emelita; student-teacher ratios were 22.3, 22.0, and 19.6, respectively.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)				Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Emelita Street Elementary	Public	K-5	17931 Hatteras St.	Encino	91316	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 342-6353	275	14	19.6	70.9%	66 (24.0%)	10 (3.6%)	144 (52.4%)	8 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (17.1%)	39.6	3255^th of 5817 public elementary schools	44.0%		44.6	2912^th of 5857 public elementary schools	50.3%	343	36.6	36.6	33.3	37.8	46.3	39.2	41.0	26.7	31.7	32.8	95%	0%	$26,527	$2,746	$23,781
Encino Charter Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	16941 Addison St.	Encino	91316	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 784-1762	529	24	22.0	40.8%	197 (37.2%)	24 (4.5%)	115 (21.7%)	39 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	152 (28.7%)	87.8	756^th of 5817 public elementary schools	87.0%		86.6	844^th of 5857 public elementary schools	85.6%	88	50.8	50.8	64.4	76.6	68.2	69.6	68.6	71.8	63.6	68.3	≥ 99%		$19,720	$1,419	$18,301
Academy for Enriched Sciences	Public	K-5	17551 Miranda St.	Encino	91316	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 609-8421	291	13	22.3	30.9%	92 (31.6%)	9 (3.1%)	87 (29.9%)	55 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (16.5%)	97.5	100^th of 5817 public elementary schools	98.3%		95.7	263^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	95.5%	163	74.5	74.5	81.8	79.2	89.4	83.5	86.4	83.3	83.0	84.2	≥ 95%		$25,453	$1,832	$23,621

Cities Near Zip Code 91316

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Encino	0.66 mi	5	100^th
Tarzana	0.95 mi	5	270^th
Van Nuys	1.75 mi	29	535^th
Lake Balboa	1.78 mi	13	378^th
Reseda	1.96 mi	24	366^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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