Ann Street Elementary vs Third Street Elementary

Third Street Elementary holds an overall rating of 9.6 out of 10 compared to Ann Street Elementary's 8.6 out of 10 — a 1.0-point gap that becomes starker when viewed against California state rankings. Third Street Elementary sits at #8 of 9,533 California elementary schools, placing it in the top 0.1% statewide. Ann Street Elementary ranks #536 of 9,533, which is still a strong top-6% finish, but the two schools occupy fundamentally different performance tiers.

The academic score is where the sharpest contrast emerges: Third Street Elementary scores 10.0 out of 10 versus Ann Street Elementary's 5.8 out of 10 — a 4.2-point difference representing the widest gap between the two schools across any measured dimension. Growth scores, however, tell a nearly identical story: Ann Street Elementary posts a 9.8 out of 10 and Third Street Elementary a 9.9 out of 10. Both schools are exceptionally effective at moving students forward year over year, regardless of where those students start.

The demographic profiles diverge significantly. Third Street Elementary enrolls 691 students against Ann Street Elementary's 76 — roughly nine times larger. That scale comes with a higher student-teacher ratio: 22.3 students per teacher at Third Street Elementary versus 15.2 at Ann Street Elementary, meaning Ann Street students get considerably more individualized teacher access. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility reflects different community compositions: 96% of Ann Street Elementary students qualify compared to 43% at Third Street Elementary. Ann Street Elementary is serving a predominantly low-income population and still ranks in the top 6% statewide, which the near-perfect growth score of 9.8 out of 10 helps explain.

Both schools serve grades kindergarten through fifth grade, so the program structure is parallel at the grade-band level. The 6.0-mile distance between them keeps both options practically accessible to families in central and western Los Angeles. The meaningful differentiators are class size, socioeconomic composition, and current academic proficiency levels — not program type or grade range.