Marvin Elementary vs Multnomah Street Elementary

Multnomah Street Elementary ranks #20 of 9,533 California schools, placing it in the top 0.2 percent statewide. Marvin Elementary earns a strong position at #170 of 9,533 — top 2 percent — but that 150-spot gap reflects a meaningful difference in overall performance, with Multnomah Street Elementary scoring 9.5/10 against Marvin Elementary's 9.1/10. Both schools serve the same grades (KG–05) within Los Angeles, yet that 10-mile separation separates two genuinely distinct academic environments.

On academics, Multnomah Street Elementary posts a 9.3/10 versus Marvin Elementary's 8.7/10 — a 0.6-point delta that tracks with the state rank gap. Growth scores are closer: Multnomah Street Elementary leads 9.8/10 to Marvin Elementary's 9.5/10, a 0.3-point difference. That strong growth figure at Marvin Elementary signals that students there are making real year-over-year gains even against a lower baseline proficiency, which matters for families weighing where a child currently tests versus where they'll end up.

Multnomah Street Elementary is a smaller school at 336 students compared to Marvin Elementary's 520, and that size difference shows in the classroom: a 19.8:1 student-teacher ratio at Multnomah Street Elementary versus 20.8:1 at Marvin Elementary — one additional student per teacher on average. The more significant demographic contrast is free and reduced-price lunch eligibility: 92 percent of Marvin Elementary students qualify versus 71 percent at Multnomah Street Elementary. Marvin Elementary serves a higher-poverty population by a 21-percentage-point margin, which makes its top-2-percent state ranking a particularly notable equity achievement.

Both schools operate KG–05 programs, so grade coverage does not differentiate the choice. The distinction instead comes down to this: Multnomah Street Elementary delivers higher raw academic scores and greater individual teacher attention in a smaller setting, while Marvin Elementary demonstrates exceptional growth outcomes and serves a substantially higher-need community at impressive scale.