Schools in Zip Code 93437

ZIP code 93437 has three schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade: Manzanita Public Charter serves K–8, Crestview Elementary serves K–6, and Vandenberg Middle serves grades 7–8. Together they enroll 1,421 students. The area’s results vary considerably by school and subject, rather than showing a single shared strength or weakness. The most important distinction in the latest results is that Crestview leads Vandenberg in all three subjects, with the largest gap in science.

Crestview stands out at the top in 2025–2026: its all-grades results were 49% in ELA, 41% in math and 37% in science. It was near the state in ELA and above it by 3 points in math and 1 point in science. Vandenberg was below the state in every subject, scoring 40% in ELA, 27% in math and 21% in science—10, 11 and 15 points below the state, respectively. Crestview’s lead over Vandenberg was 9 points in ELA, 14 in math and 16 in science. In 2024–2025, Crestview also led the available all-grades results in every subject; its science score was 15 points above the state. Manzanita was above the state in all three subjects that year, while Vandenberg was below it in all three.

Recent trends are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Vandenberg’s scores fell 1 point in ELA but rose 3 in math and 5 in science; Crestview fell 3 points in ELA and 11 in science, while rising 2 in math. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also declined over the reported histories: Vandenberg went from the 43rd to the 38th percentile, Crestview from the 69th to the 60th, and Manzanita from the 69th to the 59th. For context, 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were 20.2 at Vandenberg, 20.7 at Crestview and 25.4 at Manzanita; the schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) figures that year were 52%, 28% and 40%, respectively. These measures describe school context and do not establish why results differ. Manzanita has no 2025–2026 test results, so it cannot be compared in the latest-year results or two-year trends.