NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Lawndale, CA

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13 public K-12 schools in Lawndale from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
8,478
Students
30.8/100
Avg Resource Index
20:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lawndale has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lawndale's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

5 of the 13 listed Lawndale schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

Lawndale's reporting schools show 68.7% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 20.0:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 40-point gap between Environmental Charter High - Lawndale and Lucille J. Smith Elementary is therefore more useful than the city mean alone. A school with a similar ratio may still report different counselor access, attendance, or gifted-program availability, so open the campus records before drawing conclusions about student support.

City enrollment
Top 24%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
14th percentile
Teacher staffing
16th percentile

Leuzinger High accounts for 23.4% of all Lawndale public-school enrollment

That concentration means Lawndale-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Lawndale school enrollment varies 32× across entities

Lawndale school enrollment ranges from 62 students (lowest) to 1,981 students (highest), a spread of 1,919 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Lawndale reports 68.7% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Lawndale student-teacher ratio is 20.0:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Environmental Charter High - Lawndale 53
2. R. K. Lloyde High 46
3. Lawndale High 45
4. Leuzinger High 43
5. Centinela Valley Independent Study 36
6. Jane Addams Middle 35
7. Will Rogers Middle 33
8. Mark Twain Elementary 29
9. Billy Mitchell Elementary 19
10. William Anderson Elementary 18
11. F. D. Roosevelt Elementary 16
12. William Green Elementary 14
13. Lucille J. Smith Elementary 13

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lawndale

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lawndale High 47.6/100
  2. 2 R. K. Lloyde High 47.3/100
  3. 3 Lucille J. Smith Elementary 47.0/100
  4. 4 Will Rogers Middle 45.4/100
  5. 5 F. D. Roosevelt Elementary 45.1/100

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Which Lawndale school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Environmental Charter High - Lawndale has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lawndale schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lawndale, CA? ▼

Lawndale has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,478 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 20:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.