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Lugo Elementary

Public Grades K-6
4796th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 17% of California elementary schools
Summary

Lugo Elementary serves 318 students in grades K–6 in Lynwood, California. In 2025–2026, about 29% of students met proficiency in English Language Arts (ELA), 20% in math, and 19% in science—below California’s rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%. Chronic absenteeism was 34%, compared with 18% statewide and 31% in Lynwood Unified. The most important concern is that academic proficiency remains below the state in all three subjects while absenteeism is substantially higher.

Compared with nearby schools, Lugo had the lowest ELA results among the eight schools with scores for 2025–2026; in math and science, only Roosevelt Elementary scored lower. Lugo’s results were also below the nearby-school averages: 29% versus 44% in ELA, 20% versus 36% in math, and 19% versus 26% in science. Science is a relative bright spot against the district: Lugo was 2 percentage points above the district, though 17 points below the state. ELA was its largest shortfall against the district, at 7 points. Results vary by grade, too: third-grade ELA was 3 points above the district, while fourth-grade ELA and sixth-grade math were particular weak spots.

ELA and math are improving: since 2022–2023, Lugo’s scores rose 10 and 9 points, respectively, while the state’s rose 3 and 4 points; the gaps with the state narrowed. Science increased just 1 point over that period as the state gained 6, widening the gap. SchoolDigger ranks Lugo at the 17th statewide percentile with 1 star for 2025–2026, up from the 8th percentile in 2022–2023, but it remains behind every nearby school with a same-year ranking. Context measures include a student-teacher ratio of 19.2 in 2024–2025, below the nearby-school average of 21.4, and 89% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s Special Education Students measure rose from the 3rd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 20th in 2025–2026, a sharper gain than Lugo’s overall percentile; subgroup enrollment counts are unavailable.

318
Students ?
19.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,194
Per pupil spending ?
89.3%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 4345 Pendleton Ave.
       Lynwood, CA  90262-2326

(310) 603-1493

District: Lynwood Unified


Students who attend Lugo Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Cesar Chavez Middle
High:    Lynwood High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
95.0%
African American:
3.8%
White:
0.9%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 9th percentile in 2016 → 17th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (24% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (34% vs 18% California)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school24%
District avg27%
California avg42%
4,796th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 17%▲ up 8 pts since 2016
From bottom 9% (2016) to bottom 17% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
12th of 12Elementary Schools in the Lynwood Unified
747th of 968Lynwood Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202620.14796 of 580417.4%★☆☆☆☆
202516.35164 of 585711.8%★☆☆☆☆
202415.95220 of 586911.1%★☆☆☆☆
202314.15379 of 58598.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.75301 of 58839.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.01340 of 14175.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201926.14269 of 578926.3%★☆☆☆☆
201823.54371 of 566222.8%★☆☆☆☆
201717.14939 of 569213.2%★☆☆☆☆
201614.25108 of 56149.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201512.75306 of 56115.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20136.45433 of 55301.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201210.45186 of 53903.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201123.54431 of 537717.6%★☆☆☆☆
201021.44510 of 531415.1%★☆☆☆☆
200921.64315 of 519316.9%★☆☆☆☆
200817.94464 of 511312.7%★☆☆☆☆
200712.54798 of 51136.2%☆☆☆☆☆
200621.53884 of 481819.4%★☆☆☆☆
200517.14161 of 482213.7%★☆☆☆☆
200414.54378 of 48099.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202225.21726 of 222722.5%★☆☆☆☆
202118.3286 of 2932.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201929.51828 of 258529.3%★☆☆☆☆
201826.51611 of 212824.3%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202430.92501 of 316220.9%★☆☆☆☆
202329.92537 of 324521.8%★☆☆☆☆
202227.12810 of 331115.1%★☆☆☆☆
202127.3523 of 60213.1%★☆☆☆☆
201935.72078 of 327536.5%★★☆☆☆
201837.11926 of 324640.7%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202619.74695 of 556915.7%★☆☆☆☆
202523.14428 of 559720.9%★☆☆☆☆
202419.24783 of 561214.8%★☆☆☆☆
202315.35113 of 56098.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.45048 of 563510.4%★☆☆☆☆
202116.71135 of 126710.4%★☆☆☆☆
201931.13743 of 549231.8%★★☆☆☆
201822.94324 of 541320.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202628.63839 of 508524.5%★☆☆☆☆
202522.14301 of 510715.8%★☆☆☆☆
202421.04396 of 510713.9%★☆☆☆☆
202320.44457 of 508712.4%★☆☆☆☆
202222.64311 of 508415.2%★☆☆☆☆
201937.03169 of 496336.1%★★☆☆☆
201833.63298 of 483031.7%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202628.34065 of 541224.9%★☆☆☆☆
202522.04588 of 546016.0%★☆☆☆☆
202420.94718 of 551714.5%★☆☆☆☆
202317.64850 of 53639.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.04653 of 526411.6%★☆☆☆☆
202120.8978 of 111011.9%★☆☆☆☆
201936.13429 of 517333.7%★★☆☆☆
201827.43963 of 508422.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202622.04522 of 559019.1%★☆☆☆☆
202512.85268 of 56286.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.85177 of 56438.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.25142 of 56388.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.95036 of 566311.1%★☆☆☆☆
202112.61208 of 12725.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201923.74318 of 551021.6%★☆☆☆☆
201825.14095 of 543124.6%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202625.62338 of 292019.9%★☆☆☆☆
202519.12635 of 28477.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.42565 of 26352.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202326.31831 of 242024.3%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)25th percentile+8 vs school
Hispanic (2026)25th percentile+7 vs school
Disabled (2022)22nd percentile+13 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)21st percentile+10 vs school
Special Education (2026)20th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2026)19th percentile~ school
Female (2026)16th percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy29%-20 vs state
Mathematics20%-18 vs state
Science19%-17 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Lugo Elementary

In the 2024-25 school year, 318 students attended Lugo Elementary.

Students who attend Lugo Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cesar Chavez Middle
High : Lynwood High

Lugo Elementary ranks in the bottom 17.4% of California elementary schools.

Students at Lugo Elementary are 95% Hispanic, 4% African American.

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


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

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