Summary:
ZIP code 91744 has 21 schools—14 elementary, three middle, three high and one alternative—serving students across two districts, Hacienda la Puente Unified and Rowland Unified. The average school proficiency rates are 36% in ELA, 27% in math and 21% in science, compared with 49%, 38% and 36% statewide. That puts the area’s averages 13, 12 and 15 percentage points below the state, respectively; science averages include the 20 schools with reported results. The clearest overall takeaway is that most schools trail state results, particularly in math and science.
Top results vary by subject, and no single school leads across all three. Nogales High leads ELA at 54%, while Workman Elementary is also above the state at 50%; Sparks Elementary is lowest at 20%. In math, Rowland Virtual Learning Academy leads at 58%, followed by Fairgrove Academy at 38%; La Puente High is lowest at 13%. Sierra Vista Middle leads science at 43%, compared with 9% at Northam Elementary. Valinda School of Academics also edges above the state in science: 36.2% versus 36.0%.
Across the 20 non-alternative schools, average ELA rose from 35% in 2024–25 to 37% in 2025–26, narrowing the gap with the state by about 1 point; math stayed about 22% as the state gained 1 point, and science rose from 19% to 21% while the state gained 3 points. Individual changes differed: Hurley Elementary gained 12 points in ELA, while Sparks Elementary fell 8 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose for Valinda, from 35th to 52nd, but fell for Sparks, from 27th to 11th. Similar context does not guarantee similar results: Workman and Sparks had student-teacher ratios of 23.1 and 24.0 and free/reduced lunch eligible shares of 82% and 81%, respectively, in 2024–25, yet their ELA scores differed by 30 points. These measures describe context, not causes.
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