Woodworth-Monroe Academy

Woodworth-Monroe Academy is one of the high-enrollment elementary schools in Inglewood, California, part of Inglewood Unified, with 826 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Woodworth-Monroe Academy sits 78% above that benchmark.

Inglewood Unified comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 6,727 students; Woodworth-Monroe Academy is among them.

On demographics, Woodworth-Monroe Academy records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Woodworth-Monroe Academy records 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Woodworth-Monroe Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.4%.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Woodworth-Monroe Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Morningside High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodworth-Monroe Academy ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Woodworth-Monroe Academy's enrollment has rose 102% since 2018, when it stood at 408 (now 826). Black enrollment moved from 34% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

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