Figueroa Street Elementary vs Multnomah Street Elementary

Multnomah Street Elementary outranks Figueroa Street Elementary by a substantial margin in California's statewide standings: Multnomah Street Elementary sits at #34 of 9,533 California schools while Figueroa Street Elementary ranks #812 of the same pool. That 778-position gap reflects a 1.0-point overall rating difference — Multnomah Street Elementary at 9.5/10 versus Figueroa Street Elementary at 8.5/10 — and places Multnomah Street Elementary among the top half-percent of elementary schools in the state.

The academic score delta drives most of that gap. Multnomah Street Elementary scores 9.3/10 on academics against Figueroa Street Elementary's 8.1/10 — a 1.2-point difference that signals meaningfully stronger tested proficiency at Multnomah Street Elementary. Growth scores tell a similar story: Multnomah Street Elementary earns a 9.8/10 while Figueroa Street Elementary posts a 9.0/10, meaning students at Multnomah Street Elementary are advancing at a faster rate relative to their peers even after controlling for starting point.

The demographic profiles of these two schools differ sharply and matter for how families interpret performance data. Figueroa Street Elementary serves 404 students with 97% qualifying for free or reduced lunch, indicating a high-need population where the school's 8.5 rating represents a strong outcome given resource constraints. Multnomah Street Elementary enrolls 336 students with a 71% free/reduced lunch rate — 26 percentage points lower — suggesting a less economically concentrated student body. The student-teacher ratio at Figueroa Street Elementary is 21.3:1 versus 19.8:1 at Multnomah Street Elementary, giving Multnomah Street Elementary students modestly more individual attention per classroom.

Both schools serve grades KG–05 and are separated by 10.6 miles within Los Angeles. That shared grade span means families are comparing like-for-like on structure and age range; the differences lie entirely in outcomes and demographics, not program scope or level.