Best Public Schools in Zip Code 92870

Summary:

The 92870 zip code area of Placentia, California is home to 17 schools, including 9 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 3 high schools, and 2 alternative schools. While the schools in this area display a wide range of academic performance, several standout institutions shine, including Golden Elementary, Brookhaven Elementary, El Dorado High, and Kraemer Middle.

The top-performing schools in the 92870 zip code, such as Golden Elementary and Brookhaven Elementary, boast exceptional test scores, low chronic absenteeism, and strong student-teacher ratios. In contrast, some schools, like Melrose Elementary and El Camino Real Continuation High, struggle with low test scores, high chronic absenteeism, and low graduation rates.

The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, which encompasses all the schools in the 92870 zip code, is ranked 277th out of 1,568 districts in California and has an overall 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. This suggests the district is performing above average, but there is still room for improvement, especially at the lower-performing schools.

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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)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (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 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th 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 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th 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 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Total
Brookhaven Elementary	Public	K-6	1851 North Brookhaven Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7110	469	17	27.5	28.8%	170 (36.2%)	5 (1.1%)	149 (31.8%)	130 (27.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	95.4	310^th of 5862 public elementary schools	94.7%		95.3	336^th of 5874 public elementary schools	94.3%	26	70.3				70.3	81.5	64.9	85.1	87.9				80.3	72.3	73.7	77.0	89.7				78.0							$6,050
El Camino Real Continuation High	Public	9-12	1351 East Orangethorpe Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7060	169	11	15.3	78.7%	26 (15.4%)	2 (1.2%)	129 (76.3%)	8 (4.7%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	10.4	1985^th of 2323 public high schools	14.6%		12.8	1912^th of 2348 public high schools	18.6%	73			5.8	0.0	4.8							10.0	10.0							2.0	2.0							$15,892
El Dorado High	Public	9-12	1651 North Valencia Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7580	2,034	80	25.2	33.2%	816 (40.1%)	23 (1.1%)	760 (37.4%)	346 (17.0%)	6 (0.3%)	6 (0.3%)	72 (3.5%)	83.4	274^th of 2323 public high schools	88.2%		91.6	147^th of 2348 public high schools	93.7%	127			41.4		41.2							72.8	72.8							48.7	48.7							$7,573
George Key	Public, Alternative	K-12	710 East Golden Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7170	129	11	11.7	34.1%	46 (35.7%)	4 (3.1%)	59 (45.7%)	17 (13.2%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)								(n/a)																												$23,261
Golden Elementary	Public	K-6	740 East Golden Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7160	759	28	27.1	22.3%	167 (22.0%)	5 (0.7%)	125 (16.5%)	401 (52.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (7.9%)	99.1	12^th of 5862 public elementary schools	99.8%		98.8	36^th of 5874 public elementary schools	99.4%	24	81.9				81.9	83.5	90.3	93.8	93.5				91.0	95.6	88.1	92.5	88.4				90.8							$5,614
John O. Tynes Elementary	Public	K-6	735 Stanford	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 996-5550	680	28	24.2	66.9%	74 (10.9%)	3 (0.4%)	450 (66.2%)	130 (19.1%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (2.8%)	62.3	1962^nd of 5862 public elementary schools	66.5%		53.6	2366^th of 5874 public elementary schools	59.7%	404	35.4				35.4	41.9	53.4	46.8	52.5				49.3	58.7	51.1	32.9	40.5				45.2	96.8	98.4	98.4	97.6	96.8	98.4	$6,697
Kraemer Middle	Public	7-8	645 North Angelina Dr.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 996-1551	954	37	25.5	52.1%	113 (11.8%)	8 (0.8%)	470 (49.3%)	329 (34.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (3.5%)	91.1	250^th of 2777 public middle schools	91.0%		89.2	292^nd of 2802 public middle schools	89.6%	42		56.2			56.2					69.3	69.5		69.4					58.5	56.6		57.5							$5,765
Morse Elementary	Public	K-6	431 East Morse Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 524-6300	369	13	28.3	68.3%	40 (10.8%)	12 (3.3%)	255 (69.1%)	38 (10.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.2%)	76.1	1332^nd of 5862 public elementary schools	77.3%		68.2	1662^nd of 5874 public elementary schools	71.7%	330	37.7				37.7	59.5	63.8	71.7	62.7				64.8	56.8	52.2	45.3	44.1				48.7							$6,053
Ruby Drive Elementary	Public	K-6	601 Ruby Dr.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 996-1921	373	16	24.0	81.8%	13 (3.5%)	7 (1.9%)	332 (89.0%)	13 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	42.3	3043^rd of 5862 public elementary schools	48.1%		31.6	3752^nd of 5874 public elementary schools	36.1%	709	8.8				8.8	28.3	45.5	51.5	42.0				40.8	40.0	37.5	41.2	23.1				35.0	94.2	97.1	97.1	97.1	97.1	97.1	$7,499
Sierra Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	1811 North Placentia Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7270	479	17	28.1	39.5%	138 (28.8%)	7 (1.5%)	184 (38.4%)	97 (20.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	49 (10.2%)	87.6	836^th of 5862 public elementary schools	85.7%		89	763^rd of 5874 public elementary schools	87.0%	73	40.6				40.6	74.7	75.4	60.9	76.6				72.1	73.8	75.4	48.4	69.2				67.2							$5,791
Col. J. K. Tuffree Middle	Public	7-8	2151 North Kraemer Blvd.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7480	595	26	22.9	47.2%	181 (30.4%)	10 (1.7%)	292 (49.1%)	93 (15.6%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (2.0%)	86.9	346^th of 2777 public middle schools	87.5%		78.7	519^th of 2802 public middle schools	81.5%	173		42.4			42.4					70.5	66.9		68.7					57.5	52.0		54.7							$6,187
Valencia High	Public	9-12	500 North Bradford Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 996-4970	2,543	112	22.7	67.5%	257 (10.1%)	36 (1.4%)	1,591 (62.6%)	590 (23.2%)	4 (0.2%)	9 (0.4%)	50 (2.0%)	84.3	260^th of 2323 public high schools	88.8%		87.8	213^th of 2348 public high schools	90.9%	47			48.0		48.0							65.7	65.7							49.0	49.0							$6,978
Van Buren Elementary	Public	K-6	1245 North Van Buren St.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7100	540	22	24.5	47.8%	171 (31.7%)	6 (1.1%)	251 (46.5%)	74 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (6.9%)	81.2	1101^st of 5862 public elementary schools	81.2%		83	1053^rd of 5874 public elementary schools	82.1%	48	35.6				35.6	64.8	57.1	65.8	63.0				62.8	71.1	63.9	46.6	61.0				61.2	95.3		98.1	98.1	98.1	98.1	$5,949
Charles Wagner Elementary	Public	K-6	717 East Yorba Linda Blvd.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7180	417	18	23.1	24.2%	146 (35.0%)	1 (0.2%)	148 (35.5%)	93 (22.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.7%)	70.4	1576^th of 5862 public elementary schools	73.1%		83.5	1025^th of 5874 public elementary schools	82.6%	551	28.9				28.9	72.4	75.6	44.2	50.9				60.6	81.0	73.3	23.1	43.4				55.3							$7,517
Parkview	Public, Alternative	K-12	2189 North Kraemer Blvd.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7050	184	6	29.8	25.0%	80 (43.5%)	1 (0.5%)	64 (34.8%)	26 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.1%)								(n/a)		53.3	42.9		54.1	69.2				57.1	66.7	53.9	61.7	66.7				53.3	60.0	57.1	60.5	52.4	52.4	71.4	57.1	52.4	57.1	$5,771
Melrose Elementary	Public	K-5	974 South Melrose St.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7220	393	15	26.2	96.4%	6 (1.5%)	3 (0.8%)	381 (96.9%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21	4768^th of 5862 public elementary schools	18.7%		26.8	4199^th of 5874 public elementary schools	28.5%	569	18.6				18.6	18.2	15.6	35.3					23.5	20.0	25.8	20.0					22.0							$6,804
Valadez Middle School Academy	Public	6-8	161 East La Jolla St.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7440	621	30	20.9	93.4%	19 (3.1%)	8 (1.3%)	574 (92.4%)	16 (2.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23	2125^th of 2777 public middle schools	23.5%		30.1	1812^th of 2802 public middle schools	35.3%	313		10.8			10.8				29.6	37.1	31.3		32.7				12.7	14.6	12.3		13.2							$7,320

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