How Santa Monica Ranked In 2022 Niche List

SANTA MONICA, CA — The latest school rankings released by the data analysis company Niche offer a look at how K-12 schools in Santa Monica compare with each other.

Niche, which released its eighth annual version of the rankings this month, looks at a variety of criteria in determining a grade for both public and private K-12 schools in Los Angeles County, including academics, teachers and diversity.

Here are how the schools in Santa Monica fared in the rankings:

Private schools:

• #11 Best Private High Schools in Los Angeles area: Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A+
• #35 Best Private High Schools in Los Angeles area: New Roads School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A+
• #43 Best Private High Schools in Los Angeles area: Pacifica Christian High School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A+
• #98 Best Private High Schools in Los Angeles area: St. Monica Catholic High School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A

Public schools:

• #10 Best Public Elementary Schools in Los Angeles area: Franklin Elementary School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A+
• #10 Best Public Middle Schools in Los Angeles area: Lincoln Middle School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A+
• #24 Best Public Elementary Schools in Los Angeles area: Grant Elementary School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A+
• #27 Best Public Elementary Schools in Los Angeles area: Roosevelt Elementary School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A+
• #25 Best Public High Schools in Los Angeles area: Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A+
• #43 Best Public Elementary Schools in Los Angeles area: Santa Monica Alternative (K-8), Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A+
• #69 Best Public Elementary Schools in Los Angeles area: Will Rogers Elementary School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A
• #70 Best Public Middle Schools in Los Angeles area: John Adams Middle School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A
• #79 Best Public Elementary Schools in Los Angeles area: Edison Elementary School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A
• #87 Best Public Elementary Schools in Los Angeles area: McKinley Elementary School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A
• #94 Best Public Elementary Schools in Los Angeles area: Webster Elementary School, Santa Monica; Niche Grade: A

Niche said its 2022 best schools rankings offer a more “personal” view of schools than its rankings in recent years. Significantly less importance was placed on SAT and ACT scores this year, Niche said. Any factor in its methodology that is related to test scores was reduced by one third.

The company combined ratings from students, alumni and parents with quantitative data from the U.S. Department of Education and other sources to evaluate teachers, resources, facility, extracurricular activity opportunities and other factors. Read more about the methodology here.

Across the country, Niche ranked 94,491 public schools, 2,489 private schools and 11,846 school districts to come up with its lists and rankings.

Top 5 Public High Schools:

1. The Davidson Academy in Reno, Nevada
2. The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
3. Massachusetts Academy for Math & Science School
4. Maggie Walker Governor’s School in Virginia
5. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology in Virginia

Top 5 Private High Schools:

1. Phillips Academy in Massachusetts
2. The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut
3. Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut
4. The College Preparatory School in California
5. Groton School in Massachusetts

Top 5 School Districts:

1. Adlai E. Stevenson High School District in Illinois
2. Glenbrook High School District in Illinois
3. Great Neck Public Schools in New York
4. Community High School District 128 in Illinois
5. Jericho Union Free School District in New York

See the full Niche rankings here.