Raymond Avenue Elementary vs Gil Garcetti Learning Academy

Gil Garcetti Learning Academy sits 741 places above Raymond Avenue Elementary in California's statewide ranking — #360 versus #1101 out of 9,533 schools — despite the two campuses sitting just 0.9 miles apart in Los Angeles. That gap is substantial for a comparison within the same neighborhood and reflects differences that show up clearly in the underlying data.

Academically, Gil Garcetti Learning Academy scores 8.3/10 versus Raymond Avenue Elementary's 7.0/10 — a 1.3-point delta that directly drives the ranking separation. Both schools post exceptional growth scores, with Gil Garcetti Learning Academy at 9.9/10 and Raymond Avenue Elementary at 9.6/10, meaning students at both campuses are making strong year-over-year learning gains regardless of where they start. The academic proficiency gap, not growth trajectory, is what separates them.

On the demographic and equity side, both schools serve deeply low-income populations, but Gil Garcetti Learning Academy's free-and-reduced-lunch rate of 99% is even higher than Raymond Avenue Elementary's 92%. Despite enrolling slightly more students — 513 versus 465 — Gil Garcetti Learning Academy maintains a more favorable student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1 compared to Raymond Avenue Elementary's 21.1:1. That two-student-per-teacher difference can translate to more individual attention at the classroom level.

One structural distinction: Gil Garcetti Learning Academy serves grades KG through 6, while Raymond Avenue Elementary stops at grade 5. Families with a rising sixth-grader would face a school transition one year earlier with Raymond Avenue Elementary, whereas Gil Garcetti Learning Academy keeps students through sixth grade before the move to middle school.