Best Public Schools in Playa Vista, CA

Summary:

Playa Vista, California is home to a single standout elementary school, Playa Vista Elementary. This school consistently ranks in the top 17% of California elementary schools and has earned a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating its exceptional academic performance.

Playa Vista Elementary's students outperform their peers in the Los Angeles Unified School District and the state of California in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. In the 2023-2024 school year, 64.09% of Playa Vista students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 43.06% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Math, 58.79% of Playa Vista students were proficient or better, compared to 32.83% for the district and 35.54% for the state. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 22.4% in the 2022-2023 school year was higher than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio of 25:1 is slightly higher than the recommended 20:1 for elementary schools.

Overall, Playa Vista Elementary stands out as a high-performing school in the area, with a track record of strong academic achievement. While the school may have some areas for improvement, such as addressing chronic absenteeism and class sizes, it continues to provide a quality education to its students and is a valuable asset to the Playa Vista community.

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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)	% 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	% DTP KG	Total
Playa Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	13150 West Bluff Creek Dr.	Playa Vista	90094	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(424) 228-1800	426	17	25.0	14.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	83.5	1015^th of 5862 public elementary schools	82.7%		84.4	980^th of 5874 public elementary schools	83.3%	35	58.8	58.8	65.1	60.3	68.0	64.1	61.9	57.4	56.9	58.8	92.9	96.5	$8,557

Cities Near Playa Vista

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Los Angeles	0.52 mi	747	564^th
Inglewood	1.31 mi	41	659^th
Culver City	1.85 mi	12	158^th
Playa Del Rey	2.06 mi	1	422^nd
Lennox	2.13 mi	8	380^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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