Elysian Heights ES Arts Magnet vs Multnomah Street Elementary

Multnomah Street Elementary holds a clear overall rating advantage over Elysian Heights ES Arts Magnet — 9.5 versus 8.7, a gap of 0.8 points — and that edge is amplified by state rank. Multnomah Street Elementary sits at #20 of 9,533 California schools, placing it in the top 0.2% statewide. Elysian Heights ES Arts Magnet ranks #440, which is still a top-5% result but meaningfully behind its crosstown peer 3.5 miles away.

The sharpest difference between these two Los Angeles elementary schools lies in academic proficiency. Multnomah Street Elementary scores 9.3 out of 10 on academic achievement versus 7.5 for Elysian Heights ES Arts Magnet — a 1.8-point gap that reflects concrete differences in tested proficiency rates. Growth tells the opposite story: both schools are essentially tied, with Elysian Heights ES Arts Magnet posting 9.9 and Multnomah Street Elementary 9.8. That near-perfect growth score means Elysian Heights is accelerating students exceptionally well given where they start — the gap to Multnomah is an entry-point difference more than a teaching quality difference.

Demographically, the schools serve distinct populations. Multnomah Street Elementary's free and reduced-price lunch rate is 71%, compared to 40% at Elysian Heights ES Arts Magnet — a 31-point spread indicating Multnomah serves a substantially higher share of lower-income families. Multnomah also runs leaner classrooms: its student-teacher ratio of 19.8:1 gives it a real structural advantage over Elysian Heights ES Arts Magnet's 23.5:1, nearly four additional students per teacher. Enrollment at Elysian Heights ES Arts Magnet is 400 students versus 336 at Multnomah Street Elementary, making Elysian Heights the larger campus.

Both schools serve kindergarten through fifth grade, but Elysian Heights ES Arts Magnet operates as a designated arts magnet, meaning its program identity centers on visual and performing arts integration across the curriculum. Multnomah Street Elementary is a traditional neighborhood school. Admission to Elysian Heights requires a magnet application and is not guaranteed by address, while Multnomah Street Elementary serves its local attendance zone.