Schools in Zip Code 92841

Schools in ZIP code 92841 include eight elementary schools, one intermediate school, and two high schools, serving students from elementary through high school. In 2025–26, the 11 schools’ all-grades averages were 49% in English language arts (ELA), 39% in math, and 34% in science, compared with state averages of 49%, 38%, and 36%. Those area averages hide a wide spread: the gap from the highest- to lowest-scoring school was 49 points in ELA, 55 in math, and 40 in science. The most important takeaway is that results vary substantially by school rather than showing a consistent area-wide pattern.

Rancho Alamitos High leads all-grades ELA at 67%, 18 points above the state; Stanford Elementary leads math at 58%, 19 points above the state; and Alamitos Intermediate leads science at 48%, 12 points above the state. At the other end, Marie L. Hare High is lowest in all three subjects: 18% in ELA, 2% in math, and 8% in science. In the more direct 11th-grade comparison, Rancho is ahead of Hare by 49 points in ELA, 37 in math, and 35 in science. Both high schools exceed the state graduation rate, but Hare’s chronic absenteeism is 53%, compared with 22% at Rancho.

Across the 11 schools, average scores rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 1 point in ELA, 1 in math, and 4 in science; the state increased by 0, 1, and 3 points, respectively. Changes were uneven: Brookhurst Elementary gained 8 points in ELA, while Linton T. Simmons Elementary fell 6 points in ELA but gained 14 in science; Louis G. Zeyen Elementary gained 3 points in ELA but lost 12 in science. Free/reduced lunch eligibility for 2024–25 ranged from 73% at Stanford to 94% at Simmons, but those figures do not sort schools into a simple performance pattern. Student–teacher ratios also vary: Stanford’s is 26.2:1, while Hare’s is 13.8:1. Because schools serve different grade spans, all-grades comparisons are broad indicators; the two high schools’ 11th-grade scores offer a more direct comparison.