NCES CCD 2024-25 19 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Lynwood, CA

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

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19
Schools
11,427
Students
33.6/100
Avg Resource Index
22.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lynwood has more public-school enrollment than 84% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lynwood'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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

13 of Lynwood's 19 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 4 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

83.0% of enrollment in reporting Lynwood schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 36-point gap between Vista High and Will Rogers Elementary shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 16%
School count
Top 16%
Resource Index average
21st percentile
Teacher staffing
6th percentile

Lynwood High accounts for 16.3% of all Lynwood public-school enrollment

That concentration means Lynwood-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

Lynwood school enrollment varies 10.0× across entities

Lynwood school enrollment ranges from 186 students (lowest) to 1,858 students (highest), a spread of 1,672 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Lynwood reports 83.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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

Lynwood student-teacher ratio is 22.7:1 — 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

# School Score
1. Vista High 59
2. Pathway Independent Study 44
3. Hosler Middle 41
4. Marco Antonio Firebaugh High 38
5. Rosa Parks Elementary 38
6. Lincoln Elementary 37
7. Cesar Chavez Middle 36
8. Lynwood High 33
9. Roosevelt Elementary 32
10. Helen Keller Elementary 31
11. Lugo Elementary 30
12. Mark Twain Elementary 29
13. Wilson Elementary 29
14. Janie P. Abbott Elementary 29
15. Soleil Academy Charter 29
16. Washington Elementary 28
17. Lindbergh Elementary 27
18. Thurgood Marshall Elementary 26
19. Will Rogers Elementary 23

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Which Lynwood school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Vista High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lynwood schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lynwood, CA? ▼

Lynwood has 19 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,427 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.7:1.

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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.