Elementary Schools in Inglewood Unified

Summary:

This analysis examines the 10 elementary schools within the Inglewood Unified School District, which primarily serve grades K-8 and support a high-need student population, revealing significant variation in academic performance and attendance challenges across the district.

Among these schools, La Tijera Academy of Excellence Charter stands out as the highest performer, exceeding state averages in English Language Arts, while Woodworth-Monroe Academy, Hudnall (Claude) Elementary, and Kelso (William H.) are identified as needing significant support. Other schools like Centinela and Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence show consistent mid-to-upper tier performance within the district.

Key challenges for the area include chronic absenteeism rates that are well above the state average at every school, with Highland Elementary having the highest rate, and notably low proficiency in mathematics and science across the board. However, patterns show that English Language Arts skills tend to improve in higher grades, suggesting areas of strength and opportunity for growth within the district.

District Detail

401 South Inglewood Ave.
Inglewood, CA 90301-2501

(310) 419-2700

SchoolDigger Rank:
1220^th of 1543 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 6,468

Primary Schools: 10
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 4
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)				CSA Spanish Listening (2025)				CSA Spanish Writing (2025)				CSA Spanish Reading (2025)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Total
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence	Public	K-8	11710 South Cherry Ave.	Inglewood	90303	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5400	487	18	26.9	92.2%	7 (1.4%)	129 (26.5%)	332 (68.2%)	6 (1.2%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.2%)	32.4	3771^st of 5857 public elementary schools	35.6%		32.2	3765^th of 5869 public elementary schools	35.8%	6																	14.3	26.8	19.2	20.8	46.7	33.3	22.0	31.3	57.5	35.3	38.2	50.8	27.0	15.9	18.2	22.0	30.6	94.3	96.2	96.2	96.2	96.2
Centinela	Public	K-8	1123 Marlborough Ave.	Inglewood	90302	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5440	577	20	28.6	94.1%	5 (0.9%)	83 (14.4%)	477 (82.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	27.8	4154^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.1%		32.8	3711^th of 5869 public elementary schools	36.8%	443																	25.4	26.7	26.1	37.1	26.8	40.7	19.1	35.3	47.4	34.4	35.5	31.0	25.4	14.9	25.0	42.1	29.3	88.7	90.3	95.2	90.3	90.3	90.3
Highland Elementary	Public	K-6	430 Venice Way	Inglewood	90302	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5460	323	13	24.6	95.7%	5 (1.5%)	139 (43.0%)	162 (50.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	11 (3.4%)	36.8	3420^th of 5857 public elementary schools	41.6%		23.8	4488^th of 5869 public elementary schools	23.5%	1068																	11.4		11.4	43.4	44.9	35.7	42.0			41.8	35.9	36.7	34.9	15.7			30.6	90.6		95.3	92.2	93.8	93.8
Hudnall (Claude) Elementary	Public	K-6	331 West Olive St.	Inglewood	90301	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5420	332	14	23.7	94.3%	4 (1.2%)	75 (22.6%)	239 (72.0%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	6 (1.8%)	11.1	5561^st of 5857 public elementary schools	5.1%		15.9	5225^th of 5869 public elementary schools	11.0%	336																	4.3		4.3	18.0	14.3	19.2	21.7			17.9	30.8	4.8	14.9	4.4			14.6	93.6	95.2		93.6	95.2	95.2
Kelso (William H.)	Public	K-7	809 East Kelso St.	Inglewood	90301	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5480	324	14	23.4	89.2%	1 (0.3%)	144 (44.4%)	165 (50.9%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	5 (1.5%)	11.8	5516^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.8%		10.3	5675^th of 5869 public elementary schools	3.3%	159																	4.4		4.4	18.4	21.4	20.5	22.2	13.9		19.5	32.4	14.0	6.7	6.5	8.6		13.1	89.1	91.3			91.3
La Tijera Academy of Excellence Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1415 North La Tijera Blvd.	Inglewood	90302	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5260	552	24	23.0	92.8%	0 (0.0%)	325 (58.9%)	183 (33.2%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	37 (6.7%)	41.6	3100^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.1%		31.2	3845^th of 5869 public elementary schools	34.5%	745																	18.2	29.1	24.1	58.5	40.7	47.0	40.0	75.4	63.3	55.3	64.2	16.7	18.2	26.8	15.9	32.9	28.4
Oak Street	Public	K-8	633 South Oak St.	Inglewood	90301	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5340	569	22	25.8	93.0%	4 (0.7%)	43 (7.6%)	497 (87.3%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.0%)	20	4824^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.6%		24.2	4445^th of 5869 public elementary schools	24.3%	379																	17.7	23.4	20.0	23.3	16.1	38.8	20.4	41.6	42.2	31.4	29.0	14.3	27.5	8.2	9.1	4.2	15.9	93.6	96.8	95.2
Frank D. Parent	Public	K-8	5354 West 64th St.	Inglewood	90302	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5430	235	12	20.3	87.2%	2 (0.9%)	160 (68.1%)	63 (26.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.8%)	29.4	4006^th of 5857 public elementary schools	31.6%		23.9	4482^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	23.6%	476																	0.0	26.1	13.3	65.5	26.3	9.1	28.6	35.3	31.8	34.4	57.1	21.1	0.0	10.7	23.5	4.4	20.8	92.3	92.3		92.3	92.3	92.3
Beulah Payne STEAM Academy	Public	K-8	215 West 94th St.	Inglewood	90301	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5410	554	22	24.7	93.5%	1 (0.2%)	50 (9.0%)	459 (82.9%)	20 (3.6%)	12 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (1.8%)	24.4	4460^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.9%		21.1	4760^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.9%	300																	21.5	14.6	18.9	29.5	24.6	41.5	30.8	13.6	47.5	30.4	27.2	20.0	26.2	12.2	6.2	9.8	18.2	85.7	89.6	92.2	87.0	90.9	89.6
Woodworth-Monroe Academy	Public	K-8	10711 10th Ave.	Inglewood	90303	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5310	826	35	23.5	93.7%	7 (0.8%)	244 (29.5%)	532 (64.4%)	6 (0.7%)	11 (1.3%)	13 (1.6%)	13 (1.6%)	8.5	5710^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.5%		11	5628^th of 5869 public elementary schools	4.1%	82	0.0	6.3	9.1	3.9	8.3	18.8	18.2	13.7	0.0	25.0	9.1	9.8	0.0	6.3	9.1	3.9	10.5	19.4	15.1	15.2	12.4	12.8	14.3	25.5	31.9	19.1	11.4	11.2	7.0	13.0	17.2	10.6	11.8	86.8	96.2		92.5	92.5	96.2

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Environmental Charter Middle - Inglewood District	0.29 mi	1	460^th
Los Angeles County Office of Education	0.31 mi	35
Hawthorne	0.7 mi	11	735^th
Los Angeles Unified	0.97 mi	1018	791^st
Animo Leadership High District	1.03 mi	1	340^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.