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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 91403


At a glance
1
School
511
Students
Top rankedSherman Oaks Elementary Charter833rd of 5,817 California elementary schools
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Biggest riser
Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter up 249 spots statewide this year
Summary:

Zip code 91403 has one listed school, Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter, serving grades K–5 and enrolling 511 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 65% in English language arts, 66% in math, and 60% in science, compared with 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide. Its advantages were 16 points in English, 28 in math, and 24 in science. The key finding is that the school scored above the state in all three reported subjects, with its largest lead in math.

There is no school-to-school ranking in this ZIP code: Sherman Oaks is both the highest and lowest school in the list. Its 2025–2026 grade-level results show steady math performance, at 66% in grade 3, 65% in grade 4, and 66% in grade 5; its advantage over state math results widened from 19 points in grade 3 to 29 points in grade 5. English results rose from 61% in grade 3 to 70% in grade 5, with state-relative leads of 16 to 21 points. In grade 5 science, it scored 60%, versus 35% statewide.

Results improved in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: Sherman Oaks gained 2 points in English, 4 in math, and 10 in science, while the state gained less in each; the school’s advantage grew by 1, 3, and 7 points, respectively. SchoolDigger ranked it 831st of 5,804 schools, in the 86th percentile with four stars, in 2025–2026; its ranking improved by 389 places and its percentile rose 7 points since 2023–2024. Other context: the student-teacher ratio was 22.2 to 1 in 2024–2025, and 43% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 14% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 23% and the state’s 18%.

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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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