Lugo Elementary

Set in Lynwood, California, Lugo Elementary is a close-knit elementary campus, run under Lynwood Unified. It hosts 318 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 32% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Lynwood Unified runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 10,851 students. Lugo Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lugo Elementary shows that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lugo Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lugo Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lugo Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.3%; this one delivers 19.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Lugo Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Will Rogers Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lugo Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 392 students in 2018 compared to 318 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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