Tom Bradley Global Awareness Magnet vs Third Street Elementary

Third Street Elementary ranks #8 of 9,533 California schools, placing it among the top 0.1 percent statewide. Tom Bradley Global Awareness Magnet sits at #112, which is still an exceptional result in a state with nearly ten thousand schools. The overall rating gap between the two is 0.4 points — Third Street Elementary scores 9.6/10 against Tom Bradley Global Awareness Magnet's 9.2/10 — a meaningful but narrow margin given both schools sit in the top two percent of the state.

The academic gap is where the two schools diverge most sharply. Third Street Elementary scores a perfect 10.0/10 on academics versus Tom Bradley Global Awareness Magnet's 7.9/10 — a 2.1-point difference that reflects measurably stronger proficiency outcomes at Third Street. On growth, however, the picture nearly reverses: Tom Bradley Global Awareness Magnet earns a 10.0/10 growth score compared to Third Street Elementary's 9.9/10, suggesting that students at Tom Bradley are making maximum measurable academic progress relative to their starting points, regardless of absolute proficiency levels.

The two schools serve very different student populations. Tom Bradley Global Awareness Magnet enrolls 138 students; Third Street Elementary enrolls 691 — five times as many. Tom Bradley's free and reduced-price lunch rate is 86 percent versus 43 percent at Third Street Elementary, indicating Tom Bradley serves a substantially higher share of lower-income families. Despite the smaller, higher-need population, Tom Bradley maintains a student-teacher ratio of 19.7:1 compared to Third Street Elementary's 22.3:1, meaning Tom Bradley students get slightly more individual teacher attention on average.

Both schools serve grades KG through 05 and sit 3.9 miles apart in Los Angeles. Tom Bradley Global Awareness Magnet's identity as a Global Awareness Magnet signals a thematic curriculum focus, which differentiates it structurally from Third Street Elementary as a traditional neighborhood school. Families weighing these two schools are essentially choosing between a smaller, mission-driven magnet with elite growth scores and a large neighborhood school with the highest academic proficiency rating in the state.