Canfield Avenue Elementary vs Second Street Elementary

Canfield Avenue Elementary outrates Second Street Elementary by 0.9 points overall — 9.4/10 versus 8.5/10 — and that gap widens considerably when comparing their positions within California's 9,533-school field. Canfield Avenue Elementary ranks #63 statewide, placing it in the top 1% of all California schools. Second Street Elementary ranks #822, which is still a strong top-9% placement but sits 759 positions lower in the same pool. For parents prioritizing absolute school quality within Los Angeles, those ranks represent a concrete and meaningful difference.

The academic gap between the two schools is the largest single delta in this comparison. Canfield Avenue Elementary scores 9.7/10 academically versus Second Street Elementary's 7.6/10 — a 2.1-point spread. Growth scores tell a similar story: Canfield Avenue Elementary's 9.8/10 exceeds Second Street Elementary's 8.7/10 by 1.1 points, meaning students at Canfield are outpacing both their own prior performance trajectories and their academic peers at a higher rate. Both dimensions favor Canfield Avenue Elementary by substantive margins, not marginal ones.

The demographic and structural differences between the two schools are sharp. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility — a standard proxy for concentrated economic disadvantage — runs at 96% at Second Street Elementary versus 49% at Canfield Avenue Elementary. The student-teacher ratio at Second Street Elementary is 15.5:1 compared to 21.1:1 at Canfield Avenue Elementary, meaning Second Street's classrooms are meaningfully smaller on average. Enrollment also differs: Canfield Avenue Elementary serves 296 students versus Second Street Elementary's 202, making Canfield the larger campus by nearly 50%.

One structural difference stands out at the grade-level: Second Street Elementary extends through 6th grade (KG–06), while Canfield Avenue Elementary stops at 5th grade (KG–05). Families with a rising 6th-grader would face a transition year at Canfield that Second Street avoids entirely. The two schools sit 9.9 miles apart in Los Angeles, so geographic convenience will factor into any family's calculus alongside the performance data.