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Lawndale Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Lawndale, and parts of Hawthorne.

Lawndale’s School Grade B better than 56% of California school districts

Students
4,314
Schools
8
Spent per student
$26,956
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
23:1
Free or reduced lunch
83%
Debt
$34.9M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Lawndale Elementary School District

  • Its letter, B: results better than 59% of California districts
  • Spends 27% more per student than the CA average
  • 23 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 12.8% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $34.9M, about $8,098 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B: better than 59% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math close to the state, 2021–22
B
The town it serves, and its School Grade
BLawndale 29,892

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Lawndale. Grade by grade →

K–54 elementary schoolsThis district
6–82 middle schoolsThis district
9–122 high schoolsCentinela Valley Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency31%
State average 33.1% · 3,148 students tested
Reading / language arts48%
State average 46.7% · 3,121 students tested

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 88% at Centinela Valley Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$26,956 per student · 27% above CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 63%Support & administration 33%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 11%State 70%Federal 19%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
4,945’20
4,670’21
4,555’22
4,406’23
4,314’24

Down 12.8% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 77%Black 9%Asian 5%Two or more races 4%White 4%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

8 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Mark Twain Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawndale
585 students24:1
William Anderson Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawndale
572 students25:1
William Green Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawndale
516 students25:1
Billy Mitchell Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawndale
C−
471 students20:1
F. D. Roosevelt Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawndale
396 students25:1
Lucille J. Smith Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawndale
331 students25:1
Will Rogers Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lawndale
799 students21:1
Jane Addams Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lawndale
644 students19:1

Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Centinela Valley Union High School DistrictInglewood
$21,163per student
El Segundo Unified School DistrictEl Segundo
$15,791per student
Inglewood Unified School DistrictInglewood
$26,089per student
Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles
$25,643per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.