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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INGLEWOOD UNIFIED·NCES 061839002263
Beulah Payne STEAM Academy
215 West 94th St., Inglewood, CA 90301 · (310) 680-5410 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
24.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
518 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 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 78% larger than its 8th grade class (45).
Student demographics
30%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
30.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.4pp since 2014
Math
18.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.5% | 20.8% | 23.4% | 46.2% |
| Math | 4.8% | 13.4% | 17.0% | 64.8% |
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 | 30.4% | 18.2% |
| 2023-24 | 23.6% | 16.5% |
| 2022-23 | 23.4% | 13.7% |
| 2021-22 | 19.6% | 9.9% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 12.2% |
| 2018-19 | 28.9% | 23.0% |
| 2017-18 | 28.1% | 21.7% |
| 2016-17 | 24.8% | 17.9% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Beulah Payne STEAM Academy
Beulah Payne STEAM Academy's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah Payne STEAM Academy this school | 554 | 93.5% | 21.8% |
| Chollas/Mead Elementary San Diego | 534 | 94.2% | 30.6% |
| Mariposa Elementary Ontario | 537 | 94.8% | 28.8% |
| Chaparral Hills Elementary Moreno Valley | 547 | 93.8% | 27.3% |
| Cypress Elementary Highland | 517 | 94.2% | 23.2% |
| Sunnymeadows Elementary Moreno Valley | 583 | 94.0% | 22.6% |
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 Beulah Payne STEAM Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #4,414 of 5,151 | #1,051 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #4,472 of 5,172 ▲ 64 | #1,069 of 1,129 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #3,957 of 5,172 ▲ 484 | #962 of 1,129 ▲ 75 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #671 of 5,116 | #247 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #1,820 of 5,915 | #356 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,267 of 5,352 | #964 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #3,927 of 5,354 | #732 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #639 of 5,625 | #293 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #1,982 of 3,837 | #614 of 947 |
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
554
-85 (-13%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 26.6:1
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 | 554 | 22.4 | 24.7:1 | 94% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 22.2 | 26.5:1 | 90% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 22.1 | 27.3:1 | 81% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 639 | 24 | 26.6:1 | 84% (539) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 25.5 | 25.6:1 | 91% (594) |
| 2015-16 | 786 | 28 | 28.1:1 | 76% (594) |
| 2010-11 | 741 | N/A | N/A | 92% (682) |
| 2000-01 | 861 | 39 | 22.1:1 | 84% (725) |
| 1990-91 | 783 | 28 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beulah Payne STEAM Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (654 to 554); teachers down 12% (25.5 to 22.4).
About Beulah Payne STEAM Academy
Beulah Payne STEAM Academy sits in Inglewood, California, and is classified as an elementary school. It enrolls 554 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8.
Beulah Payne STEAM Academy is one of 16 schools in Inglewood Unified, which enrolls 6,727 students in total.
Hispanic students account for 83% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 9% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% Native American. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. A diversity index of 30% means there is a 30% chance two randomly chosen students at Beulah Payne STEAM Academy are from different groups.
On staff are 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Beulah Payne STEAM Academy has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 94%. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Beulah Payne STEAM Academy lands at C, ahead of 26% of California public elementary schools.
Beulah Payne STEAM Academy scores 21.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 24.8%.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Beulah Payne STEAM Academy from the closest public school, Century Community Charter. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Beulah Payne STEAM Academy ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Beulah Payne STEAM Academy in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Beulah Payne STEAM Academy had a net loss of 85 students, or 13%. By 2024-25, the school had 24.7 students per teacher, compared with 26.6 in 2020-21.
Beulah Payne STEAM Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. You can also rate the school on this page.
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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- Jefferson Elementary0.6 mi · 716
- Inglewood High0.6 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Beulah Payne STEAM AcademyHow large is Beulah Payne STEAM Academy?
Beulah Payne STEAM Academy enrolls approximately 554 students in grades KG-08.
Is Beulah Payne STEAM Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beulah Payne STEAM Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Beulah Payne STEAM Academy?
Approximately 24.7:1 students per teacher at Beulah Payne STEAM Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Beulah Payne STEAM Academy?
At Beulah Payne STEAM Academy, the student body is approximately 0% White, 83% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Beulah Payne STEAM Academy public or private?
Beulah Payne STEAM Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Inglewood Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.