Grand View Boulevard Elementary vs Charles H. Kim Elementary

Charles H. Kim Elementary ranks #9 out of 9,533 California schools, placing it among the top fraction of a percent statewide. Grand View Boulevard Elementary ranks #72 — itself an elite position, but 63 spots behind Kim. The overall rating gap is narrow at 0.3 points (9.3 vs. 9.6 out of 10), yet that gap masks a more meaningful spread underneath: these are two genuinely exceptional schools separated by a real academic performance difference rather than rounding noise.

On academics, Charles H. Kim Elementary scores 9.5/10 versus Grand View Boulevard Elementary's 8.7/10 — a 0.8-point delta that reflects measurable differences in tested proficiency. Growth scores, however, are nearly identical: Grand View Boulevard Elementary earns a 9.7/10 while Charles H. Kim Elementary scores 9.8/10, meaning both schools are accelerating students at virtually the same pace regardless of where those students start. Grand View's slightly lower academic score with a near-identical growth score suggests students there may be entering with different baseline skills but catching up quickly.

The demographic contrast between the two schools is the sharpest dividing line. Charles H. Kim Elementary serves 88% of students on free or reduced-price lunch, compared to 65% at Grand View Boulevard Elementary — a 23-percentage-point gap that identifies Kim as a higher-poverty campus. Despite this, Kim's academic scores lead Grand View's by eight-tenths of a point, making it one of the more striking high-need, high-performance schools in the state. Enrollment is comparable — 525 students at Grand View Boulevard Elementary versus 472 at Charles H. Kim Elementary — and student-teacher ratios are essentially identical at 18.1:1 and 18.2:1 respectively, so class size is not a differentiator here.

Both schools serve grades KG through 05 and sit 8.4 miles apart within Los Angeles. Neither school has a grade-level or program distinction based on available data. The decision comes down primarily to where a family lives relative to each campus and whether the raw academic ceiling at Charles H. Kim Elementary — a #9 statewide ranking — outweighs Grand View Boulevard Elementary's strong but slightly lower academic profile.