Culver City · Los Angeles County

Schools in Culver City

Culver City’s 8 public elementary schools run from the 61st to the 91st percentile among the 5,721 California elementary schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

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Top row: one dot per Culver City school, in its band colour. Bottom: each dot is 1 in 100 of the 5,721 California public elementary schools we score. All placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests.

Highest in Culver City

Statewide percentile

Linwood E. Howe, Farragut and El Marino are within 1 percentile of each other; treat them as tied.

Context

The average Culver City elementary school had 12 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2024–25; the average California elementary school had 18 in 100.

The other 5 elementary schools

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Culver City has one public middle school we score, Culver City Middle, at the 74th percentile among the 2,177 California middle schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

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Top row: one dot per Culver City school, in its band colour. Bottom: each dot is 1 in 100 of the 2,177 California public middle schools we score. All placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests.

Middle schools in Culver City

Statewide percentile

Culver City has one public high school we score, Culver City High, at the 81st percentile among the 1,500 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

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Top row: one dot per Culver City school, in its band colour. Bottom: each dot is 1 in 100 of the 1,500 California public high schools we score. All placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests.

High schools in Culver City

Statewide percentile

Also in Culver City, not ranked with these schools

  • Culver Park HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools

6 private schools in Culver City aren’t shown: they don’t take the state tests, so we don’t score them.

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Questions parents ask

Are the public schools in Culver City good?
Culver City’s 8 public elementary schools run from the 61st to the 91st percentile among the 5,721 California elementary schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 6 Strong and 2 Solid. Culver City has one public middle school we score, Culver City Middle, at the 74th percentile among the 2,177 California middle schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Solid. Culver City has one public high school we score, Culver City High, at the 81st percentile among the 1,500 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score; it isn’t a grade. How we score schools.
Which public schools in Culver City rank highest?
Elementary: Linwood E. Howe Elementary, 91st percentile statewide (Strong). Middle: Culver City Middle, 74th percentile statewide (Solid). High: Culver City High, 81st percentile statewide (Strong). Each level is ranked separately, and a few percentiles apart is a tie. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.
How does chronic absence in Culver City compare with California?
The average Culver City elementary school had 12 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2024–25; the average California elementary school had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
Does living in Culver City decide which school my child attends?
No. A city can hold schools from more than one district, and attendance boundaries decide which school serves an address. Confirm the school for your address with the district.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2025 and chronic-absence rates for 2024–25, both published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations, not official state ratings. Private schools don’t take the state tests, so we don’t score them. Methodology and limitations.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2024-25 · Methodology

Scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data, not official CDE ratings. They represent one way of interpreting test results and should not be the sole basis for school decisions.

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