Allesandro Elementary vs Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary

Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary holds a 0.5-point overall rating advantage over Allesandro Elementary — 9.5 versus 9.0 out of 10 — but the gap in state context is far more significant. Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary ranks #18 of 9,533 schools in California, placing it in the top 0.2% statewide. Allesandro Elementary ranks #213 of 9,533, which still puts it in the top 3% — strong on its own, but a different tier entirely from its cross-town peer.

The two schools trade leads depending on which academic dimension matters most. Allesandro Elementary scores higher on academic proficiency at 9.3 out of 10 versus 8.7 for Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary — a 0.6-point edge that reflects current test performance. Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary, however, posts a perfect 10.0 growth score against Allesandro Elementary's 8.8. That 1.2-point growth gap means students at Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary are advancing faster than expected relative to their starting points, regardless of where proficiency levels sit today. Families weighing a child's trajectory versus a school's absolute performance level will read those numbers differently.

Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary serves a higher-need population on both enrollment metrics. Its free and reduced-price lunch rate is 94%, compared to 80% at Allesandro Elementary — a 14-point difference indicating a substantially less affluent student body. Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary also carries a lower student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1 versus Allesandro Elementary's 20.1:1, meaning roughly two fewer students per teacher on average. Enrollment is similar: Allesandro Elementary at 281 students and Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary at 232, keeping both schools in small-to-mid elementary range.

Both schools serve grades KG through 6 and sit 9.2 miles apart within Los Angeles Unified. The grade span is identical, so families moving between neighborhoods won't face a transition gap. What separates the two is not structure but outcome: Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary's exceptional growth score suggests a school that consistently accelerates students from where they start, while Allesandro Elementary's higher proficiency score reflects a student body already performing at a higher absolute level.