Schools in Zip Code 92653

ZIP code 92653 has three schools in Valencia Elementary and Lomarena Elementary, which serve grades K–6, and Laguna Hills High, which serves grades 9–12, all within Saddleback Valley Unified. The clearest local difference is between the two elementary schools: in 2025–2026, Valencia was well above the state in all three tested subjects, while Lomarena was much closer to state results.

Valencia stands out at the top among the elementary schools, with 72% proficient in ELA, 68% in math, and 62% in science—about 23, 30, and 26 points above California, respectively. It led Lomarena by 28 points in ELA, 30 in math, and 22 in science. Lomarena’s results were 44% in ELA, 38% in math, and 40% in science: about 5 points below the state in ELA, essentially level in math, and 4 points above in science. Laguna Hills High has no local high-school peer for comparison; it was about level with the state in all-grades ELA, but 10 points below in math and 3 below in science.

Recent changes were mixed: the elementary schools’ average science score rose 8 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while average ELA fell 4 points and math was nearly unchanged. Valencia’s science rose 8 points and math 3, while Lomarena’s science rose 8 points but ELA and math fell 5 and 4 points. The high school’s scores declined in all three subjects. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide percentiles were 89 for Valencia, 56 for Laguna Hills High, and 55 for Lomarena; the latter two fell 16 and 12 percentile points over three years. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 5% at Valencia, compared with 16% at Lomarena and 15% at the high school. All three reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025: 24% at Valencia, 69% at Lomarena, and 59% at the high school; these are context, not an explanation for results. All-grades comparisons between the elementary schools and high school reflect different grade spans.