Rosa Parks Elementary

Rosa Parks Elementary operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in Lynwood, California, part of Lynwood Unified. Current enrollment sits at 343 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rosa Parks Elementary logs that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 9% 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, Rosa Parks Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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.

With demographic context factored in, Rosa Parks Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.6%, the actual is 26.1%, a residual of +2.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Rosa Parks Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Soleil Academy Charter, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rosa Parks Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Rosa Parks Elementary's enrollment has declined 41% since 2018, when it stood at 581 (now 343). Class-load math has tightened: from 27.7:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.