Canfield Avenue Elementary vs Charles White Elementary

Canfield Avenue Elementary and Charles White Elementary are both Los Angeles elementary schools, but their overall ratings diverge by 0.4 points — Canfield Avenue Elementary earns a 9.5/10 against Charles White Elementary's 9.1/10. The state rank gap tells a sharper story: Canfield Avenue Elementary sits at #17 of 9,533 California schools, placing it in the top 0.2% statewide, while Charles White Elementary ranks #182 — still an exceptional result in a state of nearly ten thousand schools, but a meaningful distance behind its counterpart 6.4 miles away.

The academic score delta is the most striking difference between the two schools. Canfield Avenue Elementary scores 9.7/10 in academics versus Charles White Elementary's 7.4/10 — a 2.3-point gap that signals a substantial difference in tested proficiency levels. On growth, however, the schools are essentially identical: Charles White Elementary edges ahead 9.9/10 to Canfield Avenue Elementary's 9.8/10. That near-perfect growth score at Charles White Elementary means students there are advancing at an exceptional rate relative to their starting points, which substantially narrows the practical gap between the two schools.

The demographic and resource picture separates these schools most sharply. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility runs at 49% at Canfield Avenue Elementary versus 98% at Charles White Elementary — a 49-point difference that reflects very different neighborhood income levels. Student-teacher ratio follows the same pattern: Canfield Avenue Elementary has 21.1 students per teacher while Charles White Elementary offers 17.7:1, giving Charles White Elementary a meaningfully smaller class environment. Enrollment is similar, with Canfield Avenue Elementary at 296 students and Charles White Elementary at 248.

One structural difference affects families with kindergarteners: Canfield Avenue Elementary serves grades KG–05, while Charles White Elementary begins at first grade. Families with incoming kindergarteners zoned for or considering Charles White Elementary will need to arrange kindergarten elsewhere before enrolling. Both schools otherwise serve the same K–5 age band, and both sit within Los Angeles Unified.