Summary:
ZIP code 91316 has three elementary schools, all serving kindergarten through grade 5, with 2025–2026 results showing area averages above state results in ELA, math, and science. But the schools’ results vary widely, so the area average alone does not describe what families can expect: the most important finding is the sharp academic divide between the highest- and lowest-performing schools.
Academy for Enriched Sciences stands out at the top, leading in all three subjects with 83% proficiency in ELA, 84% in math, and 74% in science. Encino Charter Elementary falls between the other two, at 70% in ELA, 68% in math, and 51% in science. Emelita Street Elementary has the lowest ELA and math results—39% and 33%—though its 37% in science is slightly above the state’s 36%. From Academy to Emelita, the gap is 44 percentage points in ELA, 51 in math, and 38 in science. SchoolDigger also ranks Academy highest (99th of 5,804 schools; 98th percentile, 5 stars), Encino next (754th; 87th percentile, 4 stars), and Emelita lower (3,248th; 44th percentile, 2 stars).
Recent trends reinforce the differences but include some subject-specific improvements: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Academy improved in all three subjects, while Emelita’s ELA and math results fell and its science result rose; Encino improved in ELA and science but slipped in math. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure for school year 2024–2025 was 31% at Academy, 41% at Encino, and 71% at Emelita—an observed pattern, not an explanation for scores. Student–teacher ratios do not mirror the academic ranking: Academy’s was 22.3, Encino’s 22.0, and Emelita’s 19.6.
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