Summary:
Schools in zip code 92120 include seven schools—four elementary, two middle and one high—serving children from elementary through high school. Six have 2025–2026 proficiency results; Magnolia Science Academy San Diego’s latest are from 2024–2025. Five of the six schools with current results are above the state in all three subjects, while Foster is below it. The clearest takeaway is how much school results differ: elementary science spans 52 percentage points, from 78% at Hearst Elementary to 26% at Foster Elementary.
Hearst Elementary is the strongest current elementary standout, leading in math at 81% and science at 78%; its scores exceed the state by 43 and 42 points, respectively. Marvin Elementary narrowly leads elementary ELA (72.5% versus Hearst’s 72.2%), while Dailard Elementary also scores well, including 75% in math. Foster is below the state in ELA, math and science, by 11, 2 and 10 points. At the secondary level, Henry High is above the state in all three subjects; its 11th graders lead state results by 13 points in ELA, 16 in math and 17 in science. SchoolDigger ranks Hearst in the 93rd percentile statewide and Foster in the 42nd. In the shared 2024–2025 results, Magnolia Science Academy San Diego outscored Lewis Middle in all three subjects, by 10 points in ELA, 4 in math and 11 in science.
Recent results show a mixed picture rather than uniform improvement. Across six schools with two years of results, average school-to-state gaps narrowed from 19 to 15 points in ELA, 24 to 23 in math and 21 to 17 in science. But Dailard’s ELA and science scores fell by 10 and 7 points, while Hearst’s science rose by 15 points. For context, the 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 59% at Foster and 26% at Hearst; elementary student–teacher ratios ranged from 23.7 to 26.1. These figures describe differences, not their causes. Comparisons across school levels and years are not like-for-like, and Magnolia’s latest results are from 2024–2025.
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