Maywood Elementary

Maywood Elementary operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Maywood, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 426 students spanning grades K through 5.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Maywood Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Maywood Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Maywood Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Maywood Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 22.4%; this one delivers 46.2%, a residual of +23.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Maywood Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Maywood Center for Enriched Studies, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Maywood Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maywood Elementary has shrank 16%, going from 508 students in 2018 to 426 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.