Multnomah Street Elementary vs Charles H. Kim Elementary

Multnomah Street Elementary and Charles H. Kim Elementary are both high-performing Los Angeles elementary schools separated by just 6.6 miles, but their state rankings tell a meaningful story. Charles H. Kim Elementary ranks #9 of 9,533 California schools while Multnomah Street Elementary ranks #20 of the same pool — both exceptional placements, but Kim sits 11 positions higher in a statewide field of nearly ten thousand schools. Their overall ratings reflect a razor-thin gap: 9.6/10 for Kim versus 9.5/10 for Multnomah Street, a 0.1-point difference that belies the more substantive distinction in their state rank positions.

On academics, Charles H. Kim Elementary scores 9.5/10 compared to Multnomah Street Elementary's 9.3/10 — a measurable edge in tested academic proficiency. Growth, however, is a dead heat: both schools score 9.8/10, meaning students at each school are advancing at nearly identical rates relative to peers with similar starting points. Parents weighing raw academic performance versus year-over-year student growth will find the schools diverge on the former but converge completely on the latter.

The two schools differ more sharply on demographics and classroom structure. Charles H. Kim Elementary enrolls 472 students versus 336 at Multnomah Street Elementary, making Kim the larger campus by 136 students. Kim's student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1 is modestly smaller than Multnomah Street's 19.8:1, translating to slightly more instructional attention per child. The free and reduced-price lunch rate at Kim is 88% versus 71% at Multnomah Street — a 17-point gap indicating Kim serves a meaningfully higher concentration of lower-income families while still achieving the stronger state rank.

Both schools serve grades KG through 05, so families with children spanning the full elementary range will find identical grade coverage at either campus. The combination of Kim's higher FRL rate, larger enrollment, tighter student-teacher ratio, and superior state ranking makes its academic outcomes particularly striking — a school serving a more economically disadvantaged population while outranking all but eight of California's 9,533 schools is a noteworthy achievement by any measure.