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Alumni: what's one memory from Washington Elementary that still sticks with you?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNWOOD UNIFIED·NCES 062316003541
Washington Elementary
4225 Sanborn Ave., Lynwood, CA 90262 · (310) 603-1513 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of California public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- A+Three-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
23.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
449 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 48% larger than its 6th grade class (67).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
54.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.6pp since 2014
Math
41.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.6% | 29.1% | 23.3% | 22.1% |
| Math | 17.4% | 24.0% | 23.6% | 34.9% |
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 | 54.6% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 47.7% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.5% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.7% | 23.8% |
| 2020-21 | 33.3% | 22.7% |
| 2018-19 | 48.9% | 39.6% |
| 2017-18 | 49.4% | 39.9% |
| 2016-17 | 45.2% | 35.6% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% 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 18 points, placing it in California's top 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 Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary this school | 492 | 91.3% | 44.4% |
| Wilson Elementary Lynwood | 499 | 91.8% | 22.4% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Lynwood | 445 | 91.9% | 21.6% |
| Kingsley Elementary Montclair | 494 | 91.3% | 34.2% |
| Randall Pepper Elementary Fontana | 455 | 92.1% | 18.7% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Pomona | 529 | 93.4% | 22.7% |
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 Washington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #2,122 of 5,151 | #501 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #2,187 of 5,172 ▲ 593 | #542 of 1,129 ▲ 148 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #1,706 of 5,172 ▲ 356 | #382 of 1,129 ▲ 84 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.8pp | #91 of 5,116 | #45 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #2,534 of 5,915 | #510 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,311 of 5,352 | #789 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.5% | #5,080 of 5,354 | #1,110 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #930 of 5,625 | #387 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.1% | #381 of 3,837 | #177 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
492
-107 (-18%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 1,006
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 492 | 21 | 23.4:1 | 91% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 22 | 22.9:1 | 94% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 23 | 23.1:1 | 92% (488) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 24 | 25.0:1 | 92% (551) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 28 | 26.3:1 | 94% (690) |
| 2015-16 | 773 | 32 | 24.2:1 | 88% (678) |
| 2010-11 | 871 | N/A | N/A | 67% (585) |
| 2000-01 | 1,188 | 55 | 21.6:1 | 76% (900) |
| 1990-91 | 1,006 | 33 | 30.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (735 to 492); teachers down 25% (28 to 21).
About Washington Elementary
Located in Lynwood, California, Washington Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 492 students enrolled.
Lynwood Unified serves 10,851 students across 17 schools.
Washington Elementary enrolls a student body that is 96% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Black. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Washington Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Federal data list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers at Washington Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 23.4:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. The lunch program counts 91% of students at Washington Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
allk12 grades Washington Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 26.1% for Washington Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 44.4%. The 18.3-point gap ranks in the top 10% of California schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
Nearest public school: Will Rogers Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Washington Elementary is 1st of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Washington Elementary went from 599 students to 492. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.0:1 in 2020-21 to 23.4:1 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Lynwood Unified
- Lynwood HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighHigh · 1,633 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Hosler MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other schools in Lynwood
- Lynwood HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighHigh · 1,633 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Hosler MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary is the 22nd largest of the 156.
- Washington ElementaryRiverside, CA · 818 students
- Washington ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 776 students
- Washington ElementaryLindsay, CA · 730 students
- Washington ElementaryMontebello, CA · 685 students
- Washington ElementaryPomona, CA · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Will Rogers Elementary0.4 mi · 684
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh High0.6 mi · 1,633
- Vista High0.6 mi · 186
- Lugo Elementary0.7 mi · 318
- Hosler Middle0.7 mi · 754
- Rosa Parks Elementary0.9 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Washington ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary enrolls approximately 492 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Washington Elementary serve?
Washington Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Washington Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Washington Elementary is approximately 23.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Washington Elementary?
Student demographics at Washington Elementary are roughly 0% White, 96% Hispanic, 3% Black.
Who oversees Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary is overseen by Lynwood Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.