Gates Street Elementary vs Multnomah Street Elementary

Multnomah Street Elementary outranks Gates Street Elementary by a significant margin on California's statewide scale: Multnomah Street Elementary sits at #20 of 9,533 California schools while Gates Street Elementary ranks #284 of 9,533 — a gap that places Multnomah Street in the top 0.2% of all elementary schools in the state. Their overall ratings reflect this spread, with Multnomah Street Elementary scoring 9.5/10 against Gates Street Elementary's 8.9/10, a 0.6-point gap that corresponds to a meaningful positional difference at the elite end of the distribution. Both schools are within 0.8 miles of each other in Los Angeles, serving the same KG–05 grade span.

On academics, Multnomah Street Elementary holds a clear edge: its academic score of 9.3/10 runs 1.1 points ahead of Gates Street Elementary's 8.2/10. The growth picture is closer but still favors Multnomah Street — a 9.8/10 growth score versus Gates Street Elementary's already-strong 9.4/10. That 0.4-point growth gap is notable because Gates Street is already performing well on this dimension, which means Multnomah Street is pushing above-average students further along at an even faster rate. Together, the academic and growth scores explain most of the overall rating difference between the two schools.

Gates Street Elementary enrolls 461 students compared to Multnomah Street Elementary's 336, making Gates Street the larger campus by 37%. Student-teacher ratios are nearly identical — 20.0:1 at Gates Street Elementary versus 19.8:1 at Multnomah Street Elementary — so class sizes do not meaningfully differ despite the enrollment gap. The most pronounced demographic difference is economic: 93% of Gates Street Elementary students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch against 71% at Multnomah Street Elementary, a 22-percentage-point gap that reflects meaningfully different community income profiles for two schools under a mile apart.

Both schools serve identical grade bands (KG–05), so families with children spanning kindergarten through fifth grade can plan around the same transition timeline at either campus. The competitive distinction lies at the academic performance tier: Multnomah Street Elementary's top-20 California ranking puts it in a rare tier of elementary schools, while Gates Street Elementary's #284 rank still places it comfortably in the top 3% statewide — an outcome that itself reflects strong instruction in a high-need community.