The Best Schools In Every Home Price Range (Los Angeles County)

There Are Great Schools in Affordable Neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California

The chart above shows how elementary schools rank in each median home price range. As expected, as home price increases so does the performance of the school. There are however schools in each home price range that perform just as well as schools in expensive neighborhoods.

The Best Schools for Home Prices Ranging from $300,000 to $400,000

School	Charter	District	City	Rank Percentile
KIPP Raices Academy	Y	Los Angeles Unified	Los Angeles	98%
KIPP Comienza Community Prep	Y	Los Angeles Unified	Huntington Park	97%
Gregg Anderson Academy	N	Westside Union Elementary	Palmdale	95%
Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter	Y	Inglewood Unified	Inglewood	94%
Vena Avenue Elementary	N	Los Angeles Unified	Arleta	88%
Synergy Charter Academy	Y	Los Angeles Unified	Los Angeles	87%
Ranch Hills Elementary	N	Pomona Unified	Pomona	83%
KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory	Y	Los Angeles Unified	Los Angeles	81%
Santa Fe Elementary	N	Baldwin Park Unified	Baldwin Park	78%
Leona Valley Elementary	N	Westside Union Elementary	Leona Valley	77%

(Stay Tuned...More Rankings to Come!)

*Ranking Percentile: Is interpreted as "KIPP Raices Academy is better than 98% of all elementary schools in Los Angeles County"

**Ranking Percentile is based on my own ranking system. Ranking system is based on the percentage of students across all grades that are proficient in both English Language Arts and Math. A future post will be devoted to my ranking methodology and how it is different from greatschools.org and California's API.