Canfield Avenue Elementary vs One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary

Canfield Avenue Elementary and One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary both serve kindergarten through fifth grade in Los Angeles, but they sit at very different points in California's school rankings. Canfield Avenue Elementary holds an overall rating of 9.4/10 against One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary's 8.6/10 — a 0.8-point gap — and the state rank difference is substantial: Canfield Avenue Elementary sits at #63 of 9,533 California schools while One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary ranks #691 of 9,533. Both results represent genuinely strong performance, but Canfield Avenue Elementary operates near the top of the state.

The sharpest divide between these two schools is in academic proficiency. Canfield Avenue Elementary scores 9.7/10 on academics versus 6.3/10 for One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary — a 3.4-point gap that reflects meaningfully different rates of grade-level mastery in math and English. On growth, however, the two schools are nearly identical: Canfield Avenue Elementary scores 9.8/10 and One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary scores 9.7/10. That near-perfect parity on growth is significant — it means One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary is advancing its students at essentially the same pace as one of California's top-ranked schools, even as starting proficiency levels differ.

The demographic and resource picture differs considerably. One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary enrolls 330 students with 96% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1. Canfield Avenue Elementary enrolls 296 students, 49% of whom qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, with a ratio of 21.1:1. One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary's lower ratio means roughly three fewer students per teacher on average — a structural advantage for individual attention despite serving a much higher-need population.

Both schools cover the same grade span, KG–05, and sit 10.8 miles apart within Los Angeles. Families for whom demonstrated proficiency levels are the primary filter will find a large gap between these schools. Families focused on growth trajectory — how much a school moves students forward regardless of where they start — will find the two schools nearly indistinguishable on that measure alone.