📊 Data: NCES CCD 2024–2025·🔄 Updated: September 2026·Editorial standards
🏆 Rankings · Metro Area · CAASPP 2023–24

Best School Districts
in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area has 108 rated public school districts. Ratings are percentile-ranked within each district's own state.

📊 What this ranking measures
Rankings are based on academic achievement — the share of students scoring proficient or above on state reading and math assessments (CAASPP 2023–24), ranked against other districts in the same state — not on spending, district size, or staffing. See full methodology →
108 Rated Districts in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area CAASPP 2023–24 · percentile among California districts
Metro RankDistrictDistrict OfficeRatingState Percentile
#1La Canada Unified School DistrictLa Canada10/10  Excellent99th
#2San Marino Unified School DistrictSan Marino10/10  Excellent99th
#3South Pasadena Unified School DistrictSouth Pasadena10/10  Excellent98th
#4Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictManhattan Beach10/10  Excellent97th
#5Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School DistrictPalos Verdes Estates10/10  Excellent97th
#6Fountain Valley Elementary School DistrictFountain Valley10/10  Excellent96th
#7Hermosa Beach City Elementary School DistrictHermosa Beach10/10  Excellent96th
#8Laguna Beach Unified School DistrictLaguna Beach10/10  Excellent96th
#9El Segundo Unified School DistrictEl Segundo10/10  Excellent95th
#10Los Alamitos Unified School DistrictLos Alamitos10/10  Excellent95th
#11Walnut Valley Unified School DistrictWalnut10/10  Excellent95th
#12Arcadia Unified School DistrictArcadia10/10  Excellent94th
#13Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine10/10  Excellent94th
#14Redondo Beach Unified School DistrictRedondo Beach10/10  Excellent94th
#15Huntington Beach City Elementary School DistrictHuntington Beach10/10  Excellent92nd
#16Temple City Unified School DistrictTemple City10/10  Excellent92nd
#17Bonita Unified School DistrictSan Dimas10/10  Excellent91st
#18Capistrano Unified School DistrictSan Juan Capistrano10/10  Excellent91st
#19Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica10/10  Excellent91st
#20Cypress Elementary School DistrictCypress10/10  Excellent90th
#21Las Virgenes Unified School DistrictCalabasas10/10  Excellent90th
#22Newhall Elementary School DistrictValencia10/10  Excellent90th
#23Saugus Union Elementary School DistrictSanta Clarita10/10  Excellent90th
#24Beverly Hills Unified School DistrictBeverly Hills9/10  Excellent89th
#25Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance9/10  Excellent89th
#26Brea-Olinda Unified School DistrictBrea9/10  Excellent88th
#27Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School DistrictPlacentia9/10  Excellent87th
#28ABC Unified School DistrictCerritos9/10  Excellent85th
#29Alhambra Unified School DistrictAlhambra9/10  Excellent85th
#30Centralia Elementary School DistrictBuena Park9/10  Excellent84th
#31Claremont Unified School DistrictClaremont9/10  Excellent84th
#32Culver City Unified School DistrictCulver City9/10  Excellent84th
#33Rosemead Elementary School DistrictRosemead9/10  Excellent84th
#34Tustin Unified School DistrictTustin9/10  Excellent84th
#35Glendale Unified School DistrictGlendale9/10  Excellent83rd
#36Glendora Unified School DistrictGlendora9/10  Excellent83rd
#37Huntington Beach Union High School DistrictHuntington Beach9/10  Excellent83rd
#38William S. Hart Union High School DistrictSanta Clarita9/10  Excellent83rd
#39Wiseburn Unified School DistrictEl Segundo9/10  Excellent83rd
#40Saddleback Valley Unified School DistrictMission Viejo9/10  Excellent82nd
#41Fullerton Joint Union High School DistrictFullerton9/10  Excellent81st
#42Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove9/10  Excellent81st
#43Garvey Elementary School DistrictRosemead9/10  Excellent81st
#44Ocean View Elementary School DistrictHuntington Beach9/10  Excellent81st
#45East Whittier City Elementary School DistrictWhittier9/10  Excellent80th
#46Fullerton Elementary School DistrictFullerton9/10  Excellent80th
#47Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictCosta Mesa9/10  Excellent80th
#48San Gabriel Unified School DistrictSan Gabriel9/10  Excellent80th
#49Lowell Joint Elementary School DistrictWhittier8/10  Good78th
#50Orange Unified School DistrictOrange8/10  Good78th
#51Mount Baldy Joint Elementary School DistrictMt. Baldy8/10  Good77th
#52Burbank Unified School DistrictBurbank8/10  Good76th
#53Whittier Union High School DistrictWhittier8/10  Good76th
#54Little Lake City Elementary School DistrictSanta Fe Springs8/10  Good75th
#55Westminster School DistrictWestminster8/10  Good75th
#56Castaic Union School DistrictValencia8/10  Good72nd
#57Monrovia Unified School DistrictMonrovia8/10  Good71st
#58Valle Lindo Elementary School DistrictSouth El Monte8/10  Good71st
#59Savanna Elementary School DistrictAnaheim8/10  Good70th
#60Sulphur Springs Union Elementary School DistrictCanyon Country8/10  Good70th
#61Charter Oak Unified School DistrictCovina7/10  Good68th
#62Downey Unified School DistrictDowney7/10  Good68th
#63Los Nietos Elementary School DistrictWhittier7/10  Good67th
#64Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School DistrictLake Hughes7/10  Good65th
#65Magnolia Elementary School DistrictAnaheim7/10  Good65th
#66Covina-Valley Unified School DistrictCovina7/10  Good64th
#67El Monte Union High School DistrictEl Monte7/10  Good63rd
#68Hacienda La Puente Unified School DistrictCity Of Industry7/10  Good63rd
#69Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach7/10  Good63rd
#70Lawndale Elementary School DistrictLawndale7/10  Good62nd
#71Rowland Unified School DistrictRowland Heights7/10  Good61st
#72El Monte City School DistrictEl Monte7/10  Good60th
#73West Covina Unified School DistrictWest Covina7/10  Good60th
#74Gorman Elementary School DistrictGorman6/10  Average59th
#75Whittier City Elementary School DistrictWhittier6/10  Average59th
#76Pasadena Unified School DistrictPasadena6/10  Average58th
#77Duarte Unified School DistrictDuarte6/10  Average57th
#78Buena Park Elementary School DistrictBuena Park6/10  Average55th
#79Compton Unified School DistrictCompton6/10  Average55th
#80Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School DistrictNorwalk6/10  Average54th
#81Westside Union Elementary School DistrictQuartz Hill6/10  Average54th
#82Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles6/10  Average53rd
#83La Habra City Elementary School DistrictLa Habra6/10  Average51st
#84Lennox Elementary School DistrictLennox6/10  Average50th
#85Bassett Unified School DistrictLa Puente5/10  Average48th
#86Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower5/10  Average47th
#87Hawthorne Elementary School DistrictHawthorne5/10  Average47th
#88Anaheim Union High School DistrictAnaheim5/10  Average44th
#89Baldwin Park Unified School DistrictBaldwin Park5/10  Average43rd
#90El Rancho Unified School DistrictPico Rivera5/10  Average41st
#91Centinela Valley Union High School DistrictLawndale5/10  Average40th
#92Paramount Unified School DistrictParamount4/10  Below Average38th
#93Montebello Unified School DistrictMontebello4/10  Below Average32nd
#94Pomona Unified School DistrictPomona4/10  Below Average32nd
#95South Whittier Elementary School DistrictWhittier4/10  Below Average30th
#96Azusa Unified School DistrictAzusa3/10  Below Average29th
#97Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School DistrictActon3/10  Below Average26th
#98Anaheim Elementary School DistrictAnaheim3/10  Below Average25th
#99Santa Ana Unified School DistrictSanta Ana3/10  Below Average25th
#100Lynwood Unified School DistrictLynwood3/10  Below Average24th
#101Antelope Valley Union Joint High School DistrictLancaster3/10  Below Average21st
#102Mountain View Elementary School DistrictEl Monte2/10  Poor18th
#103Inglewood Unified School DistrictInglewood2/10  Poor17th
#104Palmdale Elementary School DistrictPalmdale2/10  Poor16th
#105Keppel Union Elementary School DistrictPearblossom2/10  Poor14th
#106Lancaster Elementary School DistrictLancaster2/10  Poor10th
#107Eastside Union Elementary School DistrictLancaster1/10  Poor9th
#108Wilsona Elementary School DistrictPalmdale1/10  Poor6th

Best School Districts in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area (2026)

Counties are assigned to metropolitan areas using the U.S. Census Bureau's 2023 delineation, and each district is placed in the county of its NCES directory listing. Ratings come from CAASPP 2023–24 (California) and are percentile-ranked within the district's own state. Always confirm your assignment by address.

Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best-rated school district in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area? ▼
Among the 108 rated districts in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, 2 share the top position at 10/10 (Excellent), 99th percentile of California districts on CAASPP 2023–24 reading and math proficiency: La Canada Unified School District (La Canada); San Marino Unified School District (San Marino).
How are these rankings calculated? ▼
Each district's rating comes from the share of its students scoring proficient or above on state reading and math assessments, percentile-ranked against all rated districts in its state and converted to a 1–10 scale. Full methodology here.
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