Summary:
ZIP code 92122 has three elementary schools—Spreckels Elementary, Doyle Elementary and Curie Elementary—all serving kindergarten through grade 5, with 1,819 students combined and an average enrollment of 606 per school. In 2025–26, all three schools scored above California’s results in ELA, math and science; the group’s average advantage was largest in math, at 36 percentage points, compared with 25 in science and 19 in ELA. The most important finding is that Curie led the other two schools in every subject.
Curie was the clear academic standout, with 75% proficiency in ELA, 85% in math and 69% in science—9, 14 and 11 percentage points ahead of the next-highest school, respectively. Spreckels had the lowest ELA and math results, at 63% and 66%, while Doyle was lowest in science, at 56%. Even these lowest results were above the state: Spreckels’ ELA and math were 14 and 28 points higher, and Doyle’s science was 20 points higher. Doyle’s overall math standing does not hold for every grade: its grade 4 math result was 61%, below Spreckels’ 69% and Curie’s 88%.
Results changed unevenly between 2024–25 and 2025–26: the three-school average rose 2 percentage points in math and science but fell 5 points in ELA. The group’s advantage over the state grew by 1 point in math, but narrowed by 2 in science and 5 in ELA. Curie remained the science leader despite a 12-point decline; Spreckels and Doyle improved in science. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also place Curie highest in this group, at the 95th percentile, followed by Doyle at the 86th and Spreckels at the 84th; Curie’s ranking has eased from the 98th percentile in 2023–24. Other measures offer context, not an explanation for scores: Curie had the lowest chronic absenteeism, at 7%, versus 10% at Spreckels and 18% at Doyle, and the lowest reported free/reduced lunch eligible share for 2024–25, at 19%, compared with 36% and 42%. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 24.3 at Curie to 27.2 at Spreckels, with Doyle at 24.9.
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