Century Park Elementary
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 29 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.3% | 23.8% | 23.8% | 40.2% |
| Math | 9.0% | 28.7% | 25.4% | 36.9% |
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.3% | 42.8% |
| 2021-22 | 25.2% | 18.7% |
| 2018-19 | 13.4% | 11.9% |
| 2017-18 | 22.1% | 16.0% |
| 2016-17 | 15.2% | 18.8% |
| 2015-16 | 11.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 7.0% | 7.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
Schools most like Century Park Elementary
Century Park Elementary's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Century Park Elementary this school | 256 | 97.7% | 37.4% |
| TEACH Prep Mildred S. Cunningham & Edith H. Morris Elem Los Angeles | 271 | 99.3% | N/A |
| Highland Elementary Inglewood | 323 | 95.7% | 30.7% |
| Manhattan Place Elementary Los Angeles | 218 | 95.4% | 8.8% |
| Coliseum Street Elementary Los Angeles | 218 | 97.2% | 21.4% |
| La Salle Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 330 | 95.8% | 26.4% |
Where Century Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #2,721 of 5,151 | #666 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #2,468 of 5,172 ▼ 275 | #616 of 1,129 ▼ 97 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #3,322 of 5,172 ▼ 629 | #805 of 1,129 ▼ 177 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.9pp | #183 of 5,116 | #78 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #5,093 of 5,915 | #1,150 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #329 of 5,352 | #95 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #2,059 of 5,354 | #317 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #131 of 5,625 | #76 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #1,119 of 3,837 | #410 of 947 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 256 | 14 | 18.3:1 | 98% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 14 | 20.0:1 | 98% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 13 | 21.7:1 | 96% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 14 | 18.5:1 | 93% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 331 | 15.4 | 21.5:1 | 90% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 18 | 21.1:1 | 89% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | N/A | N/A | 43% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 43 | 19.5:1 | 78% (657) |
| 1990-91 | 740 | 32 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (331 to 256); teachers down 9% (15.4 to 14).
About Century Park Elementary
Century Park Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school located in Inglewood, California. There are 256 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 45% below that mark.
Century Park Elementary belongs to Los Angeles Unified, a district of 784 schools and 406,887 students.
The biggest share of students at Century Park Elementary, 48%, is Hispanic. Next come 44% Black and 7% multiracial. That is in line with Los Angeles County, where about 48% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Century Park Elementary are from different groups.
Staffing at Century Park Elementary comes to 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.3:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 4.0 more students per teacher than here. Century Park Elementary counts 98% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Century Park Elementary 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 74% of California public elementary schools.
Century Park Elementary outperforms its prediction by 15.0 points. The model expects 22.3% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 37.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that 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%. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
The closest school to Century Park Elementary is Woodworth-Monroe Academy, located about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Century Park Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Century Park Elementary is 1st of 5 on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school 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, enrollment moved from 259 to 256, a small change.
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