Magnolia Science Academy 4 vs Eagle Rock High

Eagle Rock High and Magnolia Science Academy 4 sit 14.9 miles apart in Los Angeles, but the distance in their ratings is harder to close. Eagle Rock High holds an overall rating of 9.4/10 versus Magnolia Science Academy 4's 8.7/10 — a 0.7-point gap that reflects a significant state rank difference: Eagle Rock High stands at #65 of 9,533 California schools, while Magnolia Science Academy 4 ranks #522 of 9,533. Both are strong performers, but Eagle Rock High occupies a tier shared by very few schools in the state.

Academically, Eagle Rock High scores 8.5/10 compared to Magnolia Science Academy 4's 7.1/10 — a 1.4-point gap that represents a concrete difference in tested proficiency outcomes. Growth tells the opposite story: Magnolia Science Academy 4 posts a near-perfect 9.9/10 growth score against Eagle Rock High's already-strong 9.6/10. That 0.3-point edge signals that students at Magnolia Science Academy 4 are advancing at an exceptional rate relative to their starting points, even if their absolute proficiency scores trail Eagle Rock High's.

The two schools diverge sharply on demographics and scale. Eagle Rock High enrolls 2,059 students; Magnolia Science Academy 4 enrolls 124 — roughly a 16-to-1 enrollment difference. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility stands at 96% at Magnolia Science Academy 4 compared to 50% at Eagle Rock High, indicating the charter school serves a substantially higher-poverty population. Magnolia Science Academy 4's student-teacher ratio is 17.7:1 versus Eagle Rock High's 19.2:1, giving the smaller charter a marginal structural edge in classroom attention per student.

Magnolia Science Academy 4 is a charter school serving grades 6–12, while Eagle Rock High is a traditional public school serving grades 7–12. The charter's 6–12 span means families can enroll a sixth-grader and keep them through graduation in a single school community. Eagle Rock High, as a large comprehensive campus, carries the extracurricular breadth, athletics, and program variety that comes with a 2,000-student enrollment — resources a 124-student school structurally cannot replicate.