Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 92117 include 17 schools serving grades K–12: 10 elementary, three middle, two high and two alternative schools. Sixteen report 2025–26 proficiency results; their average scores are 51% in ELA, 44% in math and 38% in science, compared with state averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important finding is that these area averages conceal very wide differences from school to school.
Mt. Everest Academy leads all three subjects, with 89% proficiency in ELA, 76% in math and 82% in science—22, 17 and 33 percentage points above the next-highest schools, respectively. Among non-alternative schools, John Muir Language Academy stands out in ELA and science, at 64% and 48%, while Whitman Elementary is second in math at 59% and third in science at 47%. At the lower end, Lafayette Elementary has the lowest ELA and science results, 33% and 17%; Creative Performing and Media Arts has the lowest math result, 15%. Mt. Everest serves K–12, so its all-grades results are not a direct like-for-like comparison with schools serving narrower grade spans.
Recent results are mixed: the 16-school average fell by 3 points in ELA and science from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while math rose by less than 1 point; the area’s lead over the state narrowed in all three subjects. Individual schools can shift sharply: Whitman’s math and science each rose by about 22 points, while its ELA fell by 6. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking percentile rose from 55 to 81 for John Muir and from 57 to 76 for iHigh Virtual Academy between 2023–24 and 2025–26, while it fell by 22 points for both Innovation Middle and Lafayette. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure for 2024–25 also varies: 48% at Marston Middle, compared with 77% at Creative Performing and Media Arts and 80% at Innovation; these figures provide context, not an explanation for school results. All-grades comparisons cover different grade spans and are not fully like-for-like.
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