Micheltorena Street Elementary

Micheltorena Street Elementary serves 366 students from kindergarten through fifth grade in Los Angeles, California. The school earns a composite score of 9.2 out of 10 — rated Exceptional — built on an academic score of 8.4 and a standout growth score of 9.8. That growth figure is the headline: it measures how quickly students advance relative to their starting points, and at 9.8 out of 10, Micheltorena is pushing students forward at a pace that nearly no other school in the state can match.

The broader rankings confirm the picture. Micheltorena places 116th out of 9,533 public schools in California, outperforming 99% of schools statewide. Within Los Angeles, it ranks 35th among 563 public schools — a firmly elite result in one of the country's largest and most competitive urban school systems.

The school runs at a 20.3-to-1 student-teacher ratio across its six grade levels. That's a standard California public school configuration, not a built-in structural advantage. The enrollment of 366 students keeps the school at a manageable scale without veering into micro-school territory.

Micheltorena's Exceptional rating is earned through outcomes, not inputs.

The student-teacher ratio at Micheltorena Street Elementary is 20.3:1, which is higher than the national average. This may mean larger class sizes, so parents should ask about classroom support, teaching assistants, and how the school differentiates instruction for students who need extra help.