Sierra Vista Elementary vs Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary

Sierra Vista Elementary holds a 9.8/10 overall rating against Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary's 9.2/10 — a 0.6-point gap that understates the distance in state rankings. Sierra Vista Elementary sits at #1 of 9,533 schools in California, making it the top-ranked elementary in the state. Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary ranks #118 of 9,533, a genuinely strong result that places it in the top 1.3% statewide, though a significant step below its crosstown counterpart.

The academic score delta is the sharpest dividing line: Sierra Vista Elementary scores 9.5/10 versus Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary's 8.2/10, a 1.3-point gap that reflects a meaningful difference in tested proficiency levels. On growth — how much students improve year over year regardless of starting point — both schools are effectively tied at the top, with Sierra Vista Elementary at 10.0/10 and Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary at 9.9/10. Parents prioritizing raw academic attainment will find Sierra Vista Elementary stronger; those focused on trajectory and student development will find both schools nearly indistinguishable.

Sierra Vista Elementary enrolls 151 students compared to Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary's 454, making Sierra Vista the substantially smaller campus. That smaller enrollment translates into a tighter student-teacher ratio: 16.8:1 at Sierra Vista Elementary versus 19.7:1 at Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary. Both schools serve high concentrations of economically disadvantaged students — Sierra Vista Elementary at 84% free or reduced-price lunch eligibility and Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary at 96% — making both meaningful outliers as high-performing, high-poverty schools in LAUSD.

The two schools also differ in the grades they serve. Sierra Vista Elementary runs kindergarten through sixth grade (KG–06), covering the full elementary span into middle-school transition. Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary covers only kindergarten through fourth grade (KG–04), meaning families will need to plan for a school transition two years earlier than they would at Sierra Vista. The schools sit 9.7 miles apart within Los Angeles, so geographic convenience will also factor heavily into the decision for most families.