William R. Anton Elementary vs Sierra Vista Elementary

Sierra Vista Elementary and William R. Anton Elementary are both KG–06 schools in Los Angeles, California, separated by 3.7 miles, but their overall ratings tell a sharp story: Sierra Vista Elementary scores 9.8 out of 10 against William R. Anton Elementary's 8.7 out of 10 — a 1.1-point gap that translates directly into state rank. Sierra Vista Elementary holds the #1 position among 9,533 California elementary schools, while William R. Anton Elementary ranks #442, itself a strong placement but a substantial distance behind its neighbor.

Academically, the delta is significant. Sierra Vista Elementary's academic score of 9.5 out of 10 outpaces William R. Anton Elementary's 7.3 out of 10 by 2.2 points — the largest gap between these two schools across any measured category. Growth tells a different story: William R. Anton Elementary earns a 9.4 out of 10 on student growth, compared to Sierra Vista Elementary's perfect 10.0. Both schools demonstrate strong year-over-year learning gains, but Sierra Vista Elementary's ceiling is higher on both dimensions.

The schools serve meaningfully different student populations. William R. Anton Elementary enrolls 456 students — three times the 151 at Sierra Vista Elementary — and carries a 95% free and reduced-price lunch rate versus Sierra Vista Elementary's 84%. That eleven-point FRL gap reflects a higher-need community at Anton. The student-teacher ratio at William R. Anton Elementary is 19.8 to 1, compared to 16.8 to 1 at Sierra Vista Elementary, meaning Sierra Vista students get roughly three fewer classmates competing for each teacher's attention on average.

Both schools serve the same grade span — kindergarten through sixth grade — so families with children at any elementary age can consider either without a program mismatch. The key structural difference is scale: Sierra Vista Elementary operates as a smaller, more intimate campus with tighter ratios and higher test-score outcomes, while William R. Anton Elementary serves a larger, higher-need enrollment and still manages a top-5% state ranking despite the demographic headwinds its community faces.