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Schools in Maywood · Los Angeles Unified School District

Maywood’s public schools outscore 50% of California districts

The grade covers the public school district serving Maywood, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Math proficiency in Maywood’s districts is 28%, below the California average (33%). Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within California, not nationally.

#484of 847 California townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From California state tests taken in spring 2022, when 95% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
41%
▼ 6 pts vs CA 47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
28%
▼ 5 pts vs CA 33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
▼ 2 pts vs CA 86%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$25.6K
▲ 21% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024
Students per teacher
19.1
CA 21.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
6
79,587 students on the public path
In brief

Maywood’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Among the 384 California towns with household incomes within a quarter of Maywood’s, its schools beat 66%, higher than their 50% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 41% of tested students were proficient in reading and 28% in math, against 47% and 33% statewide; 95% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

84% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86% across California. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $25,643 per student, against $21,206 across California (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

Four elementary schools, then 100 middle and one high school

Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is down 11% since 2020–21. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Maywood’s grade

B− Test scoresC Graduation

B−: better than 50% of California school districts, #484 of 847 California towns. Both inputs trail the California average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

California school districts we grade (1,872)Better than 50%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (384)Better than 66%
A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 221,242 test results and a graduating class of 32,396 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 95% of Maywood’s students in the tested grades sat them (221,818 in math, 220,666 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Maywood, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressNo scores
6–8100 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A
9–12Maywood Academy HighLos Angeles Unified School DistrictC−

Maywood’s public schools are run by Los Angeles Unified School District, which also serves Bell, Carson, Cudahy and Gardena and others. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Los Angeles Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 783 schools · 406,717 students, down 11% since 2020–21 · 19.1 per teacher (CA 21.6)
$25,643CA $21,206 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading41%
State average 46.7% · 220666 students tested
Math28%
State average 33.1% · 221818 students tested

Maywood vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the California towns that share Maywood’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
MaywoodB−Los Angeles Unified
Vernon—Los Angeles Unified
Huntington ParkB−Los Angeles Unified
BellB−Los Angeles Unified K–12 · Montebello Unified K–12

All 3 neighbors share Los Angeles Unified with Maywood, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Maywood

106 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Maywoodby address
Loma Vista Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5
498 students18:1Rate it →
Heliotrope Avenue Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5
462 students19:1Rate it →
Fishburn Avenue Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5
430 students22:1Rate it →
Maywood Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5
426 students20:1Rate it →
Maywood Academy High
High · Grades 9–12
C−
1,012 students18:1Rate it →
Also serving Maywoodin other towns
Foshay Learning Center
Grades K–12 · Los Angeles
B
1,530 students20:1Rate it →
Porter Ranch Community
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Porter Ranch
1,312 students24:1Rate it →
Elizabeth Learning Center
Grades K–12 · Cudahy
B−
1,257 students17:1Rate it →
Harry Bridges Span
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Wilmington
1,171 students20:1Rate it →
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Cudahy
1,052 students18:1Rate it →
New Open World Academy K-12
Grades K–12 · Los Angeles
B−
911 students18:1Rate it →
UCLA Community K-12
Grades K–12 · Los Angeles
B−
887 students19:1Rate it →
Sylmar Leadership Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Sylmar
850 students21:1Rate it →
Castelar Street Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Los Angeles
626 students20:1Rate it →
Caroldale Learning Community
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Carson
620 students18:1Rate it →
George De La Torre Jr. Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Wilmington
598 students19:1Rate it →
Menlo Avenue Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Los Angeles
531 students18:1Rate it →
Brooklyn Avenue
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Los Angeles
510 students19:1Rate it →
Berenece Carlson Home Hospital
Grades K–12 · North Hollywood
C−
381 students4:1Rate it →
Logan Academy of Global Ecology
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Los Angeles
362 students17:1Rate it →
Utah Street Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Los Angeles
360 students16:1Rate it →
Richland Avenue Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–7 · Los Angeles
280 students22:1Rate it →
Vinedale College Preparatory Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Sun Valley
207 students17:1Rate it →
Glen Alta Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Los Angeles
112 students16:1Rate it →
Walter Reed Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · North Hollywood
1,580 students24:1Rate it →
Robert Frost Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Granada Hills
1,505 students24:1Rate it →
Stephen M. White Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Carson
1,423 students20:1Rate it →
Richard Henry Dana Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · San Pedro
1,355 students21:1Rate it →
Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Rancho Palos Verdes
1,337 students20:1Rate it →
John Burroughs Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
B−
1,302 students21:1Rate it →
Benjamin Franklin Senior High
High · Grades 6–12 · Los Angeles
A−
1,284 students18:1Rate it →
Robert Fulton College Preparatory
High · Grades 6–12 · Van Nuys
B−
1,229 students19:1Rate it →
Southeast Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · South Gate
1,215 students19:1Rate it →
South Gate Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · South Gate
1,192 students20:1Rate it →
James Madison Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · North Hollywood
1,148 students19:1Rate it →
Henry T. Gage Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Huntington Park
1,139 students17:1Rate it →
Alexander Fleming Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lomita
1,110 students18:1Rate it →
William Mulholland Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lake Balboa
1,098 students19:1Rate it →
Robert E. Peary Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Gardena
1,082 students19:1Rate it →
Palms Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
1,081 students20:1Rate it →
Vista Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Panorama City
1,080 students18:1Rate it →
Ernest Lawrence Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Chatsworth
1,076 students21:1Rate it →
Chester W. Nimitz Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Huntington Park
1,057 students17:1Rate it →
Patrick Henry Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Granada Hills
1,053 students18:1Rate it →
Francisco Sepulveda Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · North Hills
1,052 students18:1Rate it →
George K. Porter Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Granada Hills
1,009 students19:1Rate it →
Virgil Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
975 students17:1Rate it →
Mark Twain Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
974 students19:1Rate it →
Richard E. Byrd Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Sun Valley
933 students20:1Rate it →
Hollenbeck Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
927 students18:1Rate it →
Olive Vista Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Sylmar
897 students18:1Rate it →
Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Northridge
870 students20:1Rate it →
International Studies Lrng Center at Legacy High Sch Complex
High · Grades 6–12 · South Gate
A−
867 students20:1Rate it →
El Sereno Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
857 students17:1Rate it →
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
843 students17:1Rate it →
Andrew Carnegie Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Carson
843 students17:1Rate it →
Thomas A. Edison Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
837 students17:1Rate it →
Los Angeles Academy Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
829 students17:1Rate it →
Pacoima Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Pacoima
823 students18:1Rate it →
Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparatory
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
792 students19:1Rate it →
Florence Nightingale Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
773 students17:1Rate it →
John A. Sutter Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Canoga Park
763 students15:1Rate it →
Mt. Gleason Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Sunland
753 students18:1Rate it →
John H. Liechty Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
748 students17:1Rate it →
Belvedere Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
734 students17:1Rate it →
Van Nuys Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Van Nuys
726 students18:1Rate it →
Girls Academic Leadership Acad Dr. Michelle King Sch STEM
High · Grades 6–12 · Los Angeles
A
720 students20:1Rate it →
Young Oak Kim Academy
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
715 students20:1Rate it →
Roy Romer Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · North Hollywood
707 students19:1Rate it →
Rancho Dominguez Preparatory
High · Grades 6–12 · Long Beach
C+
701 students17:1Rate it →
John Adams Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
676 students18:1Rate it →
Northridge Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Northridge
670 students17:1Rate it →
George Washington Carver Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
635 students16:1Rate it →
Joseph Le Conte Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Hollywood
627 students16:1Rate it →
John Muir Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
624 students18:1Rate it →
William Jefferson Clinton Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
622 students17:1Rate it →
Edwin Markham Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
618 students15:1Rate it →
Woodland Hills Academy
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Woodland Hills
607 students19:1Rate it →
Canoga Park Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Canoga Park
579 students17:1Rate it →
Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
572 students18:1Rate it →
Berendo Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
552 students16:1Rate it →
Ambassador-Global Leadership
High · Grades 6–12 · Los Angeles
C+
472 students16:1Rate it →
Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
457 students14:1Rate it →
Bret Harte Preparatory Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
456 students16:1Rate it →
Audubon Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
446 students13:1Rate it →
San Fernando Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · San Fernando
442 students16:1Rate it →
Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
441 students16:1Rate it →
Horace Mann UCLA Community
High · Grades 6–12 · Los Angeles
D−
440 students13:1Rate it →
Daniel Webster Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
438 students15:1Rate it →
Samuel Gompers Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
406 students18:1Rate it →
Orchard Academies 2C
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Bell
395 students20:1Rate it →
San Fernando Institute of Applied Media
Middle · Grades 6–8 · San Fernando
384 students19:1Rate it →
Walnut Park Mid A Sch of Soc Just and Service Lrng
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Walnut Park
371 students19:1Rate it →
Walnut Park Mid B Sci Tech Engr and Math Acad
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Walnut Park
365 students21:1Rate it →
Orchard Academies 2B
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Bell
352 students16:1Rate it →
Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Carson
341 students16:1Rate it →
Marina del Rey Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
300 students13:1Rate it →
Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy
High · Grades 6–12 · Los Angeles
293 students13:1Rate it →
Sal Castro Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
276 students14:1Rate it →
Pio Pico Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
253 students17:1Rate it →
Charles Maclay Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Pacoima
238 students13:1Rate it →
Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Angeles
133 students15:1Rate it →
Boys Academic Leadership Academy
High · Grades 6–12 · Los Angeles
69 students10:1Rate it →
Eagle Rock High
High · Grades 7–12 · Los Angeles
A−
2,031 students20:1Rate it →
Charles Drew Middle
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Los Angeles
607 students18:1Rate it →
Other district programsby referral or application
Maywood Center for Enriched Studies
High · Grades 6–12
B+
Alternative Education
1,093 students19:1Rate it →

Questions about Maywood’s schools

Are Maywood’s schools good?

They sit near the middle of California: the public schools Maywood children attend outscore 50% of California’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B− Schools grade, #484 of 847 California towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 66%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Maywood in?

Los Angeles Unified School District, which runs grades K–12 and enrolls 406,717 students in 783 schools (2024–25).

Where do Maywood kids go to high school?

Maywood Academy High, with 1,012 students; its own test results earn a C−.

What is Maywood’s graduation rate?

84% of the class of 2023 in Los Angeles Unified School District graduated in four years, against 86% across California.

How much does Maywood spend per student?

$25,643 in Los Angeles Unified School District (FY2024), against $21,206 across California. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.