City Terrace Elementary vs Multnomah Street Elementary

City Terrace Elementary and Multnomah Street Elementary are both Los Angeles elementary schools serving kindergarten through fifth grade, located just 1.4 miles apart — but their overall ratings tell meaningfully different stories. City Terrace Elementary holds an 8.8/10 overall rating while Multnomah Street Elementary reaches 9.5/10, a 0.7-point gap that positions these two schools very differently in California's statewide rankings: City Terrace Elementary ranks #356 of 9,533 California schools — a strong result — while Multnomah Street Elementary ranks #20 of 9,533, placing it among the top fraction of a percent of all elementary schools in the state.

On academics, the two schools are close but not identical. City Terrace Elementary earns a 9.0/10 academic score versus Multnomah Street Elementary's 9.3/10. The more significant difference lies in growth: Multnomah Street Elementary scores 9.8/10 on student growth against City Terrace Elementary's 8.4/10 — a 1.4-point delta that suggests students at Multnomah Street are gaining ground at a substantially faster pace year over year, regardless of where they started.

Demographically, the two schools serve nearly identical populations. City Terrace Elementary enrolls 332 students and Multnomah Street Elementary enrolls 336, making them essentially the same size. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility stands at 75% at City Terrace Elementary and 71% at Multnomah Street Elementary, indicating both schools serve predominantly lower-income communities. City Terrace Elementary offers a slightly more favorable student-teacher ratio at 18.4:1 compared to Multnomah Street Elementary's 19.8:1, meaning students at City Terrace average roughly one fewer peer per classroom.

Both schools cover the same grade span — kindergarten through fifth grade — and operate within the same district in Los Angeles. The distinction between them is not one of access or demographics but of measured outcomes: Multnomah Street Elementary's exceptional growth score and top-20 state ranking separate it from City Terrace Elementary in ways that go beyond their nearly identical enrollment and income profiles.