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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INGLEWOOD UNIFIED·NCES 061839002247
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence
11710 South Cherry Ave., Inglewood, CA 90303 · (310) 680-5400 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
449 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 54% larger than its 8th grade class (41).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
35.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.3pp since 2014
Math
30.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.1% | 24.2% | 23.9% | 40.8% |
| Math | 12.8% | 17.9% | 28.6% | 40.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.3% | 30.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 26.4% |
| 2022-23 | 29.3% | 25.4% |
| 2021-22 | 30.9% | 20.9% |
| 2020-21 | 27.6% | 18.1% |
| 2018-19 | 42.9% | 35.7% |
| 2017-18 | 35.6% | 35.3% |
| 2016-17 | 28.3% | 27.3% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 21.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence this school | 487 | 92.2% | 30.3% |
| Tibby Elementary Compton | 554 | 90.1% | 60.7% |
| Kornblum Hawthorne | 566 | 93.5% | 29.6% |
| ISANA Nascent Academy Los Angeles | 488 | 94.9% | N/A |
| Raymond Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 457 | 96.7% | 34.8% |
| West Athens Elementary Los Angeles | 545 | 97.4% | 21.3% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #3,467 of 5,151 | #869 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #3,161 of 5,172 ▲ 299 | #828 of 1,129 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #3,405 of 5,172 ▲ 148 | #828 of 1,129 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.1pp | #1,107 of 5,116 | #357 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #2,602 of 5,915 | #523 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.9:1 | #5,105 of 5,352 | #1,147 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #3,037 of 5,354 | #504 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #809 of 5,625 | #353 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.8% | #90 of 1,139 | #14 of 181 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
487
+38 (+8%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 873
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
was 23.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 487 | 18.1 | 26.9:1 | 92% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 17.5 | 26.8:1 | 90% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 15.7 | 27.3:1 | 82% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 19 | 23.6:1 | 86% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 14 | 25.4:1 | 91% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 19 | 24.6:1 | 77% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 748 | N/A | N/A | 84% (627) |
| 2000-01 | 865 | 44 | 19.7:1 | 74% (643) |
| 1990-91 | 873 | 31 | 28.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence.
Since 2017-18: students up 37% (356 to 487); teachers up 29% (14 to 18.1).
About Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence is a mid-sized elementary school in Inglewood, California. Students in kindergarten through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 487 students.
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence is run by Inglewood Unified, whose 16 schools enroll 6,727 students.
The student body at Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence is 68% Hispanic. The school is also 26% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence lists 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 26.9 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. About 92% of students at Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of California public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence would be expected to post about 25.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence.
Of the public schools around it, Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence is closest to Environmental Charter Middle - Inglewood, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence is 3rd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 26.9:1, from 23.6:1.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
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- Woodworth-Monroe Academy0.9 mi · 826
Frequently asked questions
About Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceHow large is Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence?
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence enrolls approximately 487 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence serve?
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence?
Approximately 26.9:1 students per teacher at Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence.
How diverse is Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence?
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence reports a student body of 1% White, 68% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence?
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence is overseen by Inglewood Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.