Hermosa Vista, Hermosa Beach CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Hermosa Vista

Hermosa Vista is a mid-sized elementary school in a compact beachfront community and part of a small, single-district K-8 system. The school serves grades two through four on a single campus and enrolls a student body that skews affluent and predominantly white, with a small share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The surrounding city of Hermosa Beach operates as a largely built-out residential bedroom community with a concentrated commercial and entertainment hub near the pier; the area is highly walkable near downtown but dispersed in its residential neighborhoods, and daily life centers on the beach and Strand path. Home values in the zip code are very high, as is the cost of living more broadly.

Academically, Hermosa Vista's students demonstrate strong proficiency across the tested grades. In mathematics, proficiency among all students hovers at the high mark across both grade three and four. In English language arts, grade four proficiency is similarly strong, while grade three sits slightly lower but remains solid. Across both subjects, performance places the school in the top quartile relative to other elementary-serving schools in Los Angeles County. This is genuine strength, and it reflects a school whose instructional environment is working well for its student population. One note: only the most recent year of testing data is available, so the full trajectory of results cannot yet be assessed. State testing in California covers grades three and four, which is why grade two has no assessment results reported; this reflects the state's testing design, not a gap in this school's performance picture.

The student population is predominantly white with a notable share who identify as multiracial; smaller cohorts of students identify as Hispanic or Asian. The school carries very little economic disadvantage by free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, meaning the vast majority of families have household incomes above the threshold. No district-level data was found on English learner enrollment or students receiving special education services, so a parent interested in those details may want to contact the school directly. The school is a regular public elementary serving only the early grades, which means it feeds into the district's upper-elementary and middle school tier (Hermosa Valley, grades five through eight) before students move on to regional high schools outside the city.

Hermosa Vista sits squarely in Hermosa Beach's stable, car-dependent residential zone, separated from the downtown Pier Avenue commercial and civic corridor by several blocks. The school is embedded in a neighborhood where housing demand is high and prices reflect prime South Bay location and quality-of-life amenities. Families choosing this school are typically settled in the area and navigating a strong housing market.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 385%

School 85% · District 85%

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

Grade 485%

School 85% · District 85%

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 44 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 379%

School 79% · District 79%

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 486%

School 86% · District 86%

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

This schoolHermosa Beach City Elementary, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income69%Higher-income80%11 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income77%Higher-income87%10 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income69%Higher-income87%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income69%Higher-income86%17 pp gap