Everest Value vs Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary

Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary ranks #66 of 9,533 California schools, placing it in the top 1% statewide. Everest Value sits at #641 of 9,533 — still a strong top-7% finish — but trails by 575 spots. The overall rating gap is 0.8 points, with Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary scoring 9.4/10 against Everest Value's 8.6/10. For parents weighing a school's standing against peers across the entire state, that rank gap is the sharpest single-number difference between these two Los Angeles schools.

Academically, the two schools are close: Everest Value earns an 8.5/10 academic score, and Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary earns an 8.7/10 — a slim 0.2-point edge. Where Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary separates itself sharply is growth: its growth score of 10.0/10 is a full 1.7 points above Everest Value's 8.3/10. That perfect growth score signals that students at Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary are advancing faster relative to similarly situated peers — a meaningful indicator for families who want to see strong year-over-year learning gains regardless of where a child starts.

Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary serves a higher-need population, with 94% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch compared to 86% at Everest Value. Despite that, Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary outperforms on every rated dimension, which makes its growth score particularly notable in context. Everest Value enrolls 352 students versus 232 at Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary, and its student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1 is slightly larger than Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary's 17.8:1 — meaning students at Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary have modestly more adult attention in the classroom.

One structural difference shapes long-term planning: Everest Value is a charter school serving grades KG–08, covering elementary and middle school in a single enrollment. Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary is a regular public school serving only KG–06, so families will navigate a middle-school transition at grade 7. Parents valuing continuity through 8th grade — and the charter school model's flexibility — will find Everest Value structurally distinct in that regard.