Eagle Rock Elementary vs Multnomah Street Elementary

Multnomah Street Elementary ranks #20 of 9,533 California schools while Eagle Rock Elementary ranks #218 of the same pool — a gap of 198 positions despite Eagle Rock sitting just 4.8 miles away. Both schools earn strong overall scores, but Multnomah Street Elementary's 9.5/10 edges Eagle Rock Elementary's 9.0/10 by half a point, placing Multnomah in the top fraction of a percent statewide.

On academics, Eagle Rock Elementary holds a slim lead: a 9.4/10 academic score versus Multnomah Street Elementary's 9.3/10, a difference of just 0.1 points. Growth tells the opposite story. Multnomah Street Elementary scores 9.8/10 on growth compared to Eagle Rock Elementary's 9.0/10 — an 0.8-point gap indicating that students at Multnomah are advancing relative to academic peers at a meaningfully faster rate, which is why Multnomah's overall rank pulls well ahead despite near-identical academic baselines.

The two schools differ substantially in size and demographics. Eagle Rock Elementary enrolls 763 students at a student-teacher ratio of 21.8:1; Multnomah Street Elementary serves 336 students at a tighter 19.8:1 ratio, meaning roughly two fewer students per teacher on average. The free and reduced-price lunch populations diverge sharply: 34% at Eagle Rock Elementary versus 71% at Multnomah Street Elementary, signaling that Multnomah serves a significantly higher share of lower-income families. Multnomah's top-20 statewide rank while doing so makes its growth score especially notable.

Eagle Rock Elementary runs grades kindergarten through sixth, giving families a longer single-school runway before the transition to middle school. Multnomah Street Elementary covers kindergarten through fifth grade only, so families there will navigate a school change one year earlier. Both are Los Angeles Unified campuses located 4.8 miles apart, making the choice a realistic one for families positioned between the two attendance boundaries or pursuing an open-enrollment option.