Alliance Morgan McKinzie High vs Eagle Rock High

Eagle Rock High holds a 0.6-point overall rating advantage over Alliance Morgan McKinzie High — 9.4 versus 8.8 out of 10 — but the state rank gap is the more striking figure: Eagle Rock ranks #65 of 9,533 California schools, placing it in the top 1%, while Alliance Morgan McKinzie ranks #404, which is still top 5% statewide. Both schools sit 6.7 miles apart in Los Angeles, and both earn strong marks, but Eagle Rock's rank reflects a meaningful edge in overall performance context.

Academically, the two schools are identical: Alliance Morgan McKinzie High and Eagle Rock High each score 8.5/10 on academic proficiency. The differentiator is growth. Alliance Morgan McKinzie's 9.9/10 growth score edges Eagle Rock's 9.6/10 — a signal that Alliance Morgan McKinzie is moving students forward at a slightly faster rate relative to starting points, a metric that often matters more than absolute proficiency for families whose children are catching up or accelerating.

The demographic contrast is sharp. Eagle Rock High enrolls 2,059 students against Alliance Morgan McKinzie's 470, a 4.4x difference in campus size. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility tells an equity story: 96% of Alliance Morgan McKinzie students qualify versus 50% at Eagle Rock, indicating that Alliance Morgan McKinzie serves a substantially higher-poverty population. Student-teacher ratios are nearly identical — 19.6:1 at Alliance Morgan McKinzie versus 19.2:1 at Eagle Rock — so class size is not a differentiator between the two.

Structurally, the schools are different by design. Alliance Morgan McKinzie High is a charter school serving grades 9–12 exclusively, with a small, focused enrollment of 470. Eagle Rock High is a traditional LAUSD public school spanning grades 7–12, meaning students can enter as seventh graders and stay through graduation. That broader grade span gives Eagle Rock a middle-school-to-high-school continuity path that Alliance Morgan McKinzie cannot offer.