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Enrollment
323
Elementary
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INGLEWOOD UNIFIED·NCES 061839002251
Highland Elementary
430 Venice Way, Inglewood, CA 90302 · (310) 680-5460 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- B+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
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
309 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
56%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Highland Elementary→Crozier (George W.) Junior High
Based on grade levels within Inglewood Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
30.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 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 have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.0% | 23.7% | 21.6% | 36.6% |
| Math | 8.7% | 21.9% | 27.6% | 41.8% |
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 | 41.8% | 30.6% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 20.7% |
| 2022-23 | 33.3% | 24.4% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 20.1% |
| 2020-21 | 18.3% | 8.8% |
| 2018-19 | 36.5% | 25.5% |
| 2017-18 | 34.0% | 24.3% |
| 2016-17 | 39.0% | 26.3% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Highland Elementary
Highland Elementary's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Elementary this school | 323 | 95.7% | 30.7% |
| La Salle Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 330 | 95.8% | 26.4% |
| TEACH Prep Mildred S. Cunningham & Edith H. Morris Elem Los Angeles | 271 | 99.3% | N/A |
| Century Park Elementary Inglewood | 256 | 97.7% | 37.4% |
| Kelso (William H.) Inglewood | 324 | 89.2% | 14.6% |
| Watts Learning Center Los Angeles | 368 | 100.0% | N/A |
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 Highland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #3,425 of 5,151 | #856 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #3,162 of 5,172 ▲ 936 | #829 of 1,129 ▲ 168 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #2,752 of 5,172 ▲ 1,176 | #663 of 1,129 ▲ 272 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.2pp | #590 of 5,116 | #220 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #4,547 of 5,915 | #1,000 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,210 of 5,352 | #954 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #2,223 of 5,354 | #340 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #358 of 5,625 | #180 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.1% | #78 of 3,837 | #39 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
323
-122 (-27%) vs 2020
-72% since 1990-91, when it was 1,152
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 27.8:1
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 | 323 | 13.1 | 24.7:1 | 96% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 16 | 24.8:1 | 92% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 15.3 | 27.0:1 | 86% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 16 | 27.8:1 | 87% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 24 | 24.5:1 | 74% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 708 | 27 | 26.2:1 | 71% (500) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | N/A | N/A | 90% (515) |
| 2000-01 | 1,093 | 54 | 20.2:1 | 83% (908) |
| 1990-91 | 1,152 | 36 | 32.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (588 to 323); teachers down 45% (24 to 13.1).
About Highland Elementary
Highland Elementary is a small elementary school in California, located in Inglewood. The student body numbers 323 students, from kindergarten through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Highland Elementary is a school in Inglewood Unified. The district has 16 schools and 6,727 students.
At 50%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Highland Elementary combined. It is also 43% Black and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Highland Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
The school reports 13.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 24.7 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 96% of students. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
allk12 grades Highland Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Highland Elementary are 7.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (30.7% actual, 23.5% predicted).
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 2,244 public schools operate in Los Angeles County, serving about 1,265,907 students.
The school nearest to Highland Elementary is Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Highland Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 323, 27% below the 445 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 27.8 to 24.7 over 4 years.
Community posts for Highland Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Inglewood Unified
- Woodworth-Monroe AcademyElementary · 826 students
- Inglewood HighHigh · 757 students
- CentinelaElementary · 577 students
- Oak StreetElementary · 569 students
- Beulah Payne STEAM AcademyElementary · 554 students
- La Tijera Academy of Excellence CharterElementary · 552 students
Other schools in Inglewood
- Woodworth-Monroe AcademyElementary · 826 students
- Inglewood HighHigh · 757 students
- Animo Leadership HighHigh · 634 students
- Animo Inglewood Charter HighHigh · 592 students
- CentinelaElementary · 577 students
- Oak StreetElementary · 569 students
Other Highland Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 26 states are named Highland Elementary. Highland Elementary is the 38th largest of the 56.
- Highland ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 778 students
- Highland ElementaryNorco, CA · 573 students
- Highland ElementaryVallejo, CA · 510 students
- Highland ElementaryVisalia, CA · 438 students
- Highland ElementaryRichmond, CA · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter0.3 mi · 426
- Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter Middle0.3 mi · 208
- City Honors International Preparatory High0.7 mi · 331
- Crozier (George W.) Junior High0.7 mi · 126
- La Tijera Academy of Excellence Charter0.7 mi · 552
- Hudnall (Claude) Elementary0.8 mi · 332
Frequently asked questions
About Highland ElementaryHow many students attend Highland Elementary?
Highland Elementary enrolls approximately 323 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Highland Elementary serve?
Highland Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Highland Elementary have?
Highland Elementary employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
How diverse is Highland Elementary?
Highland Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 50% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Highland Elementary public or private?
Highland Elementary 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.