Ann Street Elementary vs Hoover Street Elementary

Ann Street Elementary and Hoover Street Elementary are both Los Angeles elementary schools serving kindergarten through fifth grade, but their overall ratings sit far apart. Hoover Street Elementary holds an overall rating of 9.5/10 and ranks #33 of 9,533 schools in California — placing it in the top half of one percent statewide. Ann Street Elementary earns an 8.5/10 and ranks #809 of 9,533, still well above the California median but a full point behind Hoover Street and roughly 776 positions lower in the state standings.

The academic score gap drives that separation almost entirely. Ann Street Elementary scores 5.8/10 on academics while Hoover Street Elementary scores 9.5/10 — a 3.7-point difference that reflects meaningfully higher tested proficiency at Hoover Street. That said, both schools are identical on student growth: each earns a 9.8/10 growth score, meaning students at Ann Street Elementary are gaining ground at the same exceptional rate as their peers at Hoover Street Elementary, even though their starting proficiency levels differ substantially.

The two schools serve nearly the same economic population — Ann Street Elementary at 96% free or reduced-price lunch and Hoover Street Elementary at 97% — so socioeconomic status does not explain the academic gap. What does differ sharply is scale. Ann Street Elementary enrolls 76 students against Hoover Street Elementary's 579, and that smaller enrollment translates directly into more individualized access: a 15.2:1 student-teacher ratio at Ann Street versus 20.0:1 at Hoover Street, nearly five fewer students per teacher.

Both schools serve the identical grade span of KG–05 and sit 3.2 miles apart within Los Angeles. There are no differentiated magnet programs, language immersion tracks, or specialized credentials listed in the available data for either campus, so the decision comes down to the trade-off between Hoover Street's dramatically stronger academic proficiency record and Ann Street's smaller, more intimate classroom environment — both producing equally strong growth outcomes.