Summary:
ZIP code 91605 has eight schools: six elementary schools, one middle school and one K–12 alternative school, all in Los Angeles Unified; seven report test results. Across those seven, average proficiency was 37% in ELA, 35% in math and 22% in science, compared with statewide results of 49%, 38% and 36%. Math is closest to the state level, while the clearest area-wide concern is science, where the average is 14 points below the state.
Julie Korenstein Elementary stands out in math and science: its results were 46% and 34%, respectively. That is 8 points above the state in math and 13 points above the other six schools’ average; in science it is 15 points above the other schools’ average, though 2 points below the state. Strathern Street Elementary led ELA at 42%—6 points above the other schools’ average but 7 below the state. At the lower end, Camellia Avenue Elementary had the lowest ELA (32%) and science (7%), while James Madison Middle had the lowest math result (27%).
Average results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in ELA by 4 points, math by 8 and science by 3; ELA and math moved closer to state results, but science did not. Korenstein made especially large gains—15 points in ELA, 14 in math and 18 in science—and its SchoolDigger statewide percentile rose from 19 to 53 between 2023–24 and 2025–26. For 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) students made up 92% to 97% of enrollment at the seven tested schools, while student–teacher ratios ranged from 18.6 to 22.3; neither measure neatly tracked results. Korenstein’s 2025–26 chronic absenteeism rate was 17%, below the state’s 18%, while the other schools were above the state rate. Grade spans differ, so schoolwide results are not fully like-for-like across the middle and alternative schools.
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