Dorris Place Elementary vs Third Street Elementary

Third Street Elementary ranks #8 of 9,533 schools in California, placing it among the top 0.1% of all elementary schools statewide. Dorris Place Elementary is no underperformer — it ranks #358 of 9,533, putting it in the top 4% — but the gap between the two schools is substantial. Third Street Elementary carries an overall rating of 9.6/10 against Dorris Place Elementary's 8.8/10, a difference of 0.8 points that reflects consistently higher scores across every measured dimension.

Academically, Third Street Elementary scores a perfect 10.0/10 versus Dorris Place Elementary's 9.1/10 — a full point separating them on the dimension that carries the most weight in school quality assessments. The growth score gap is equally stark: Third Street Elementary earns a 9.9/10 for student progress over time, while Dorris Place Elementary posts an 8.6/10. That 1.3-point growth gap matters because it signals how much academic momentum students build year over year, independent of where they start.

The two schools serve meaningfully different student populations. Dorris Place Elementary enrolls 238 students with 86% qualifying for free or reduced lunch — a high-poverty concentration that reflects the surrounding neighborhood. Third Street Elementary enrolls 691 students, nearly three times as many, with 43% on free or reduced lunch. The student-teacher ratio favors Dorris Place Elementary: 19.8 students per teacher compared to 22.3 at Third Street Elementary, meaning smaller class sizes despite the higher economic need of its student body.

One structural difference affects multi-year planning for families: Dorris Place Elementary serves grades KG through 6, while Third Street Elementary runs only KG through 5, requiring a school transition one year earlier. The two schools sit 5.7 miles apart within Los Angeles, both operating as neighborhood elementary schools but serving communities with sharply different demographic and economic profiles.