Eagle Rock Elementary vs Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary

Eagle Rock Elementary and Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary are both Los Angeles elementary schools serving grades KG–06, but they sit at opposite ends of California's ranking scale. Eagle Rock Elementary ranks #218 of 9,533 California schools, placing it in the top 2.3% statewide. Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary ranks #18 of 9,533 — top 0.2% — carrying an overall rating of 9.5/10 against Eagle Rock Elementary's 9.0/10, a half-point gap that reflects a meaningful difference in trajectory rather than raw standing.

The academic picture splits in an unexpected direction. Eagle Rock Elementary posts the higher academic score, 9.4/10 versus Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary's 8.7/10, meaning current proficiency levels are stronger at Eagle Rock. The growth story, however, flips sharply: Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary earns a perfect 10.0/10 growth score while Eagle Rock Elementary scores 9.0/10. That 1-point gap on growth — measuring how much students advance relative to academic peers — is the primary force lifting Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary to its #18 state rank. Families weighing where a child is today against where they are headed will find meaningfully different answers at each school.

The two schools serve very different populations at very different scales. Eagle Rock Elementary enrolls 763 students at a 21.8:1 student-teacher ratio, while Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary serves 232 students at 17.8:1 — four fewer students per teacher. The free and reduced-price lunch rates diverge sharply: 34% at Eagle Rock Elementary versus 94% at Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary, indicating Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary's student body faces substantially greater economic need. That Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary achieves a perfect growth score while serving a high-need population makes its #18 ranking particularly notable.

Both schools cover the same grade span, KG through 6th, so neither offers a structural advantage for families with children across that range. The 12.4-mile distance between them means most Los Angeles families will have a clear geographic preference, but those with flexibility face a genuine choice between Eagle Rock Elementary's higher academic baseline and Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary's exceptional demonstrated ability to accelerate student growth.