Franklin Avenue Elementary vs Third Street Elementary

Third Street Elementary outranks Franklin Avenue Elementary by a substantial margin in California's statewide standings — ranked #8 of 9,533 schools versus Franklin Avenue's #360 — despite both schools earning strong overall ratings. The gap in overall score is 0.8 points, with Third Street Elementary at 9.6/10 and Franklin Avenue Elementary at 8.8/10, but that difference in state rank reveals how rare Third Street's performance actually is among California's nearly 9,500 elementary schools.

On the academic measures that drive most of that gap, Third Street Elementary scores a perfect 10.0/10 versus Franklin Avenue Elementary's 9.6/10 — a 0.4-point academic delta that, at the top of the scale, represents meaningful separation. Growth scores show an even sharper divergence: Third Street Elementary earns a 9.9/10 compared to Franklin Avenue Elementary's 9.0/10, a full point difference indicating that Third Street students are gaining ground at an exceptionally higher rate year over year, not just starting from a higher baseline.

The two schools serve meaningfully different student populations across the 3.8 miles between them. Third Street Elementary enrolls 691 students — 71 percent more than Franklin Avenue Elementary's 405 — and serves a higher share of economically disadvantaged families, with 43 percent of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch compared to 28 percent at Franklin Avenue Elementary. Third Street's student-teacher ratio of 22.3:1 is modestly lower than Franklin Avenue's 23.8:1, a difference of 1.5 students per classroom that compounds across a larger enrollment.

Both schools serve grades KG–05, so the comparison is apples-to-apples in terms of grade span. The distinction is that Third Street Elementary achieves its top-8 California ranking while carrying a heavier socioeconomic load — a higher free and reduced lunch rate alongside larger class sizes than Franklin Avenue — making its academic and growth scores even more notable in context.