Best Public Schools in Zip Code 90404

Summary:

The 90404 zip code area of Santa Monica, California is home to two high-performing elementary schools: McKinley Elementary and Edison Elementary, both part of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. These schools consistently outperform the district and state averages on academic measures, with McKinley Elementary ranking 1,001 out of 5,862 California elementary schools and Edison Elementary ranking 624, both earning 4-star ratings from SchoolDigger.

In terms of test scores, both schools excel, with McKinley Elementary having 62.81% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 73.12% for the district and 47.04% for the state. Edison Elementary performs even stronger, with 73.82% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy. Additionally, both schools have slightly higher chronic absenteeism rates than the state average, but still within a reasonable range, and they serve a more socioeconomically diverse student population, with 33.5% of McKinley Elementary students and 31.3% of Edison Elementary students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.

Overall, the data suggests that McKinley Elementary and Edison Elementary are providing a quality education to their students, with consistent high performance across various academic measures. The schools' strong rankings, test scores, and student-teacher ratios indicate that families in the 90404 zip code area have access to two exceptional elementary school options within the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				CAST Science (2024)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2024)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2024)				% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% DTP KG	Total
Edison Elementary	Public	K-5	2402 Virginia Ave.	Santa Monica	90404	Los Angeles County	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 828-0335	395	21	19.1	39.5%	108 (27.3%)	4 (1.0%)	272 (68.9%)	8 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	91.2	624^th of 5862 public elementary schools	89.4%		90.3	693^rd of 5874 public elementary schools	88.2%	69	59.1	59.1	77.2	67.7	77.3	73.8	82.1	58.0	71.2	69.6					$8,103
McKinley Elementary	Public	K-5	2401 Santa Monica Blvd.	Santa Monica	90404	Los Angeles County	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 828-5011	393	20	19.6	38.9%	138 (35.1%)	35 (8.9%)	137 (34.9%)	54 (13.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.1%)	83.9	1001^st of 5862 public elementary schools	82.9%		87.1	868^th of 5874 public elementary schools	85.2%	133	50.7	50.7	64.0	61.5	63.4	62.8	72.0	64.6	53.5	62.5	94.6	97.3	97.3	96.0	$6,965

Cities Near Zip Code 90404

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Santa Monica	0.41 mi	14	111^th
Los Angeles	0.98 mi	747	526^th
Venice	2.18 mi	5	168^th
Marina Del Rey	3.43 mi	1	420^th
Pacific Palisades	3.48 mi	4	45^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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