Summary:
Inglewood Unified has 11 listed schools: eight serving K–8 and three high schools serving grades 9–12. The 2025–2026 results show a few clear standouts, but the overall picture is that proficiency is below state levels: the schools’ unweighted averages are 34% in ELA, 20% in math and 18% in science, compared with 49%, 38% and 36% statewide. The most important finding is that strong results at a small number of schools do not represent the typical result across the district’s schools.
City Honors International Preparatory High leads in all three subjects, with 73% in ELA, 48% in math and 33% in science. Its ELA score is 24 points above the state and its math score is 9 points above; it is the only school above the state in math. La Tijera Academy of Excellence Charter is the strongest elementary standout, with 50% in ELA—above the state—and 32% in math and 33% in science. At the bottom, Inglewood Continuation High has the lowest ELA and math scores, 17% and 4%; Kelso (William H.) has the lowest science score, 9%. Inglewood High has a different strength: its 93% graduation rate is above the state’s 88%, despite low proficiency scores and 51% chronic absenteeism.
Recent progress is mixed: across the same 11 schools, the average rose 2 points in math and 1 in science, while ELA slipped by less than 1 point; the state’s science score rose 3 points, widening the gap. Individual results vary, too: City Honors’ math increased 16 points while its ELA fell 5, and La Tijera’s science rose 9. SchoolDigger gives City Honors four stars and a 76th statewide percentile ranking, up from the 54th percentile three years earlier; La Tijera rose from the 34th to the 46th percentile. School context also varies: student-teacher ratios run from 17.3 to 28.6, while free/reduced lunch eligible shares (sy 2024–2025) range from 82% at City Honors to 94% at Centinela. These are context measures, not explanations for schools’ results.
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