Clifford Street Elementary Math & Technology Magnet vs Hoover Street Elementary

Hoover Street Elementary ranks #19 of 9,533 California schools, placing it in the top 0.2% statewide. Clifford Street Elementary Math & Technology Magnet, while still a strong performer at #357, sits roughly 338 positions behind. The overall rating gap is 0.7 points — Hoover Street Elementary at 9.5/10 versus Clifford Street Elementary Math & Technology Magnet at 8.8/10 — a meaningful difference that reflects consistent outperformance across multiple dimensions, not a single outlier metric.

Academically, Hoover Street Elementary scores 9.5/10 against Clifford Street Elementary Math & Technology Magnet's 9.1/10, a 0.4-point gap. The growth score spread is wider: Hoover Street Elementary posts a 9.8/10 versus Clifford Street Elementary Math & Technology Magnet's 8.5/10, a 1.3-point difference indicating that students at Hoover Street are advancing faster relative to academic expectations. For families prioritizing upward trajectory in student achievement, that growth delta carries real weight.

The two schools serve meaningfully different populations. Clifford Street Elementary Math & Technology Magnet enrolls 131 students with a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1 and a free/reduced lunch rate of 53%. Hoover Street Elementary is dramatically larger at 579 students, carries a 20.0:1 student-teacher ratio, and serves a significantly higher-need community — 97% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch. That 44-percentage-point gap in economic disadvantage makes Hoover Street Elementary's academic output all the more notable; it is achieving top-20 statewide results with a predominantly low-income population.

Clifford Street Elementary Math & Technology Magnet is a magnet school with a dedicated math and technology focus for grades KG–05, drawing an intentionally curated student body. Hoover Street Elementary serves the same grade span — kindergarten through fifth grade — as a traditional neighborhood school. Both sit in Los Angeles, California, 2.7 miles apart, but the magnet structure at Clifford Street means enrollment requires an active application, while Hoover Street serves its surrounding residential attendance zone.