Bennett/Kew P-8 Leadership Academy Of Excellence is a K-8 school.

It serves grades K-8 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

Bennett/Kew P-8 Leadership Academy Of Excellence

Inglewood · Los Angeles County · Inglewood Unified · Public

Public Los Angeles County Inglewood Unified → CDS 1964634…

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At a glance

Academic signals

AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

How Bennett/Kew P-8 Leadership Academy Of Excellence compares for families

What families should know about Bennett/Kew P-8 Leadership Academy Of Excellence.

▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Beulah Payne P-8 Steam Academy, Woodworth-Monroe Tk-8 Academy, KIPP Ignite Academy and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Bennett/Kew P-8 Leadership Academy Of Excellence has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio ⓘ

Each counselor juggles about 4442 students — above the level experts recommend. Ask how junior-year college advising is handled.

4442:1

0.12 FTE counselors · 533 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 4105 more students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

27% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 21%.

Chronic absent

26.7%

134 of 502 students

Absenteeism is up 18.8 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median

22.8% · school is worse than 61% of 693 HS

Statewide median

20.9%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment

356 (2018) → 533 (2026)

+49.7%

If this trend holds (+5.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~562	+29	$0
3 yr (2029)	~625	+92	$0
5 yr (2031)	~696	+163	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

How does Bennett/Kew P-8 Leadership Academy Of Excellence really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Beulah Payne P-8 Steam Academy · Woodworth-Monroe Tk-8 Academy · KIPP Ignite Academy · Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 4 · Century Community Charter · KIPP Academy Of Opportunity · +4 more

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Los Angeles County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

91% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Stability rate

91.0%

464 of 510 students

46 of 510 students who enrolled at Bennett/Kew P-8 Leadership Academy Of Excellence this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median

89.2% · school is in the 61st percentile of 700 HS

Statewide median

88.7% · in the 64th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (484) 91.7%

Hispanic / Latino (348) 92.5%

English learners (148) 89.9%

Black / African Am. (136) 87.5%

Students w/ disabilities (66) 84.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Beulah Payne P-8 Steam Academy 83.5% Woodworth-Monroe Tk-8 Academy 76.9% KIPP Ignite Academy 82.3% Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 4 98.4% Century Community Charter 98.0%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Inglewood Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue

$195.3M

+11.9% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$24,562

7,950 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 44.5%
Local: 40.0%
Federal: 15.5%

Instruction share

57.3%

of current spending · $9,164/pupil

Long-term debt

$155.4M

+50.3% since FY2017

Total revenue by year ($M)

Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Inglewood Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

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