Centinela

As a reasonably sized primary school in Inglewood, California, Centinela enrolls 577 students from grades K through 8, operated by Inglewood Unified. That puts it 24% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 16 schools in Inglewood Unified (6,727 students total), Centinela accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Centinela logs that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 14% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 28.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at Centinela qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Centinela sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.4%; this one delivers 34.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Centinela is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Grace Hopper STEM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Centinela at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 28.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 612 students in 2018 compared to 577 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 87% to 83%. Class-load math has rose: from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 28.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.