Summary
Inglewood High is a 757-student school serving grades 9–12 in Inglewood, within Inglewood Unified. Its results show both positive signs and serious challenges: the reported graduation rate is 93%, but chronic absenteeism reached 51% in 2025–2026, compared with 30% in the district and 18% statewide. The most urgent concern for families is the high and rising absenteeism, which increased 8 percentage points from the prior year.
English language arts is the school’s clearest relative strength, while math is its weakest subject compared with the state. In 2025–2026, 36% met the ELA standard, above the district’s 33% but below the state’s 49%; math was 10%, versus 20% in the district and 38% statewide. Science was 13%, also below the district’s 18% and the state’s 36%. Among nearby schools with current-year results, ELA and math scores fell between those of City Honors International Preparatory High and Inglewood Continuation High. In science, Inglewood High scored below both.
Scores have improved over the four years provided: ELA rose 5 percentage points, math 9 points, and science 10 points from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026; state gaps narrowed by 3, 6, and 4 points, respectively. SchoolDigger places the school at the 25th percentile statewide, ranked 1,599 of 2,137 schools, with 1 star; its percentile has risen from 19 since 2022–2023. Its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 19.9, close to the nearby-school average of 19.7. In 2024–2025, 92% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. One notable subgroup result: SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 50th percentile for Special Education Students in 2025–2026, compared with its 25th-percentile overall ranking.
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