Summary:
ZIP code 92078 has seven schools: four elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and one alternative school, with enrollment ranging from 90 students at Pivot Charter School - San Diego II to 3,067 at San Marcos High. The clearest finding for families is how much results differ between schools, even for students in the same grade: sixth-grade math ranges from 9% at La Mirada Academy to 77% at Double Peak, a 69-point gap.
San Elijo Elementary narrowly leads all-grades ELA at 77.5%, compared with 77.1% at Discovery Elementary; Discovery leads math at 76% and science at 69%. Double Peak is strong across all three subjects, with 75% in ELA, 71% in math and 55% in science. SchoolDigger ranks Discovery in the 94th statewide percentile, Double Peak in the 93rd and San Elijo Elementary in the 91st; each has five stars. La Mirada is the lowest-scoring school in all three subjects—30% in ELA, 18% in math and 19% in science—and SchoolDigger ranks it in the 32nd percentile with two stars.
Recent changes are mixed: the seven-school average rose about 1 point in ELA, was essentially flat in math and rose 4 points in science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Discovery’s results dipped slightly in all three subjects but it still leads in math and science; Pivot’s science score jumped 11 points to 31%, though it remains 5 points below the state. San Marcos High also has a mixed profile: its graduation rate is 96%, compared with 88% statewide, but its math result is below the state. As context, all seven schools report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025: La Mirada reports 77%, while San Elijo Elementary reports 16%, Discovery 17% and Double Peak 21%; these figures describe school contexts, not the cause of results. Discovery’s student-teacher ratio is 26.0, compared with 10.6 at Pivot.
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