Pacific Palisades · Los Angeles County

Schools in Pacific Palisades

Pacific Palisades has two ranked public elementary schools and one high school. Palisades Charter Elementary is at the 93rd percentile, Marquez Charter the 90th and Palisades Charter High the 86th, each among the California schools we score at its level (spring 2026 tests; high schools, spring 2025).

  1. Elementary

    Palisades Charter Elementary

    93rdStrong

    grades K–5 · spring 2026 tests

    Marquez Charter

    90thStrong

    grades K–5 · spring 2026 tests

  2. Middle

    Pacific Palisades has no public middle school in California’s statewide ranking.

  3. High

    Palisades Charter High

    86thStrong

    grades 9–12 · spring 2025 tests

Schools around Pacific Palisades

3 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Pacific Palisades score highest?

Palisades Charter Elementary’s 93rd percentile means it scored higher than 93 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Pacific Palisades

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

  • Palisades Charter ElementaryHigh ceiling · Broad base · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    93rdStrongScope Score 71
  • Marquez CharterBroad base · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    90thStrongScope Score 66

High schools

Where does the high school we score in Pacific Palisades stand?

Palisades Charter High’s 86th percentile means it scored higher than 86 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

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

3 private schools have a Pacific Palisades address. They don’t take California’s state tests, so we don’t score them. See them in the private-school directory →

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Which public schools in Pacific Palisades rank highest?

Elementary: Palisades Charter Elementary, 93rd percentile (Strong). High: Palisades Charter High, 86th percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in Pacific Palisades 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.
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Are the public schools in Pacific Palisades good?

Pacific Palisades’s 2 public elementary schools run from the 90th to the 93rd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong. Pacific Palisades has one public high school we score, Palisades Charter High, at the 86th percentile among the 1,498 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. How we score schools.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools with a Pacific Palisades address, which can belong to more than one school district.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

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