Compton Avenue Elementary vs Multnomah Street Elementary

Multnomah Street Elementary ranks #20 of 9,533 California schools while Compton Avenue Elementary ranks #69 of 9,533 — both are genuinely elite performers in a state with thousands of public elementaries, but Multnomah Street Elementary holds a clear edge in overall rating: 9.5/10 versus Compton Avenue Elementary's 9.3/10. That 0.2-point gap, modest in isolation, reflects a meaningful difference in where each school lands relative to every other K–5 campus statewide.

The sharpest contrast between the two schools is academic proficiency. Multnomah Street Elementary scores 9.3/10 on academics against Compton Avenue Elementary's 8.3/10 — a full point lower, representing a concrete gap in measured subject-matter achievement. Growth tells the opposite story: Compton Avenue Elementary posts a 9.9/10 growth score versus Multnomah Street Elementary's 9.8/10, meaning students at Compton Avenue Elementary are gaining ground at a slightly faster rate relative to similar peers, even if their starting proficiency baseline is lower. For families weighing where their child will progress fastest versus where tested achievement is already highest, these two numbers pull in different directions.

Compton Avenue Elementary is the smaller campus with 270 students against Multnomah Street Elementary's 336, and it runs a slightly lower student-teacher ratio — 18.0:1 compared to Multnomah Street Elementary's 19.8:1, roughly two fewer students per classroom. The free and reduced-price lunch rates diverge substantially: 95% at Compton Avenue Elementary versus 71% at Multnomah Street Elementary. That 24-point gap signals meaningfully different community economic profiles across these two Los Angeles schools, which can shape everything from parent volunteer capacity to available enrichment funding.

Both Compton Avenue Elementary and Multnomah Street Elementary serve kindergarten through fifth grade in the Los Angeles Unified School District, so grade span and program structure are equivalent. The schools sit 9.3 miles apart — close enough to be a realistic either/or choice for some families depending on address and enrollment options — yet their demographic compositions and academic outcomes land in notably different places despite both sitting in California's top 1% by state rank.