Is Lenwood Elementary a good school?

Lenwood Elementary ranks in the bottom 4.3% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Lenwood Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 460 students attended Lenwood Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Lenwood Elementary?

Students at Lenwood Elementary are 56% Hispanic, 21% White, 15% African American, 7% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Lenwood Elementary attend?

Students who attend Lenwood Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Barstow Junior High High : Barstow High

Lenwood Elementary

Summary:

Lenwood Elementary is a public elementary school located in Barstow, California, serving grades K-5 with a student population of 505. The school is part of the Barstow Unified School District, which is ranked 1471 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lenwood Elementary has experienced significant challenges, including a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism rates, from 19.3% in 2017-2018 to 47.3% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the state average of 14.3%. Academically, the school consistently performs below the Barstow Unified School District and the state of California in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subject areas. For instance, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 15.82% of Lenwood Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 18.48% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school also struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, with only 4.657% of Hispanic students and 2.618% of White students reaching proficiency in English Language Arts/Literacy, significantly lower than the state averages.

When compared to other schools within the Barstow Unified School District, such as Cameron Elementary and Skyline North Elementary, Lenwood Elementary is one of the lowest-performing schools. Additionally, the school's performance has remained stagnant or even declined over the past several years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 5094 out of 5692 California elementary schools in 2016-2017 to 5608 out of 5862 in 2023-2024. The high rates of chronic absenteeism, low socioeconomic status of the student population, and the overall underperformance of the Barstow Unified School District suggest that Lenwood Elementary may be facing significant challenges in providing a quality education to its students.

Detail:

Public K-5

34374 Ash Rd.
Barstow, CA 92311

(760) 253-7713

District: Barstow Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5608^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,151

Students who attend Lenwood Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Barstow Junior High
High:	Barstow High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.8

Number of students: 460

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

55.7%

White:

21.1%

African American:

14.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 84.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Lenwood Elementary ranks worse than 95.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 5^th among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Barstow Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.12. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Lenwood Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (55.7%), White (21.1%), African American (14.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 84.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lenwood Elementary is 22.8, which is the 2^nd best among 6 elementary schools in the Barstow Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Lenwood Elementary employs 20.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lenwood Elementary is $6,151, which is the 3^rd highest among 6 elementary schools in the Barstow Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lenwood Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Lenwood Elementary 5608^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Lenwood Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Barstow Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Barstow Unified 1471^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lenwood Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Lenwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	13.13	4475^th	4809	6.9%
2005	7.38	4755^th	4822	1.4%
2006	18.87	4075^th	4818	15.4%
2007	16.27	4555^th	5113	10.9%
2008	18.55	4432^nd	5113	13.3%
2009	24.67	4091^st	5193	21.2%
2010	34.00	3549^th	5314	33.2%
2011	32.21	3821^st	5377	28.9%
2012	26.43	4217^th	5390	21.8%
2013	25.77	4354^th	5530	21.3%
2015	12.42	5327^th	5611	5.1%
2016	13.85	5147^th	5614	8.3%
2017	15.20	5094^th	5692	10.5%
2018	9.76	5450^th	5662	3.7%
2019	8.05	5662^nd	5789	2.2%
2021	9.26	1393^rd	1417	1.7%
2022	12.42	5569^th	5883	5.3%
2023	13.02	5488^th	5874	6.6%
2024	11.12	5608^th	5862	4.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lenwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	30.62	2557^th	3311	22.8%
2023	17.75	3209^th	3250	1.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Lenwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	18.17	2256^th	2420	6.8%
2024	19.66	2412^th	2634	8.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lenwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	12.76	4847^th	5084	4.7%
2019	10.63	5037^th	5173	2.6%
2021	12.46	1083^rd	1110	2.4%
2022	16.89	4852^nd	5264	7.8%
2023	15.46	5005^th	5374	6.9%
2024	13.46	5235^th	5511	5.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Lenwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	12.84	5073^rd	5413	6.3%
2019	12.61	5166^th	5492	5.9%
2021	8.76	1255^th	1267	0.9%
2022	17.07	4989^th	5635	11.5%
2023	14.24	5216^th	5617	7.1%
2024	14.94	5126^th	5605	8.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Lenwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.52	1613^th	2128	24.2%
2019	16.66	2547^th	2585	1.5%
2021	20.47	266^th	293	9.2%
2022	16.03	2222^nd	2227	0.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Lenwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	9.10	5308^th	5431	2.3%
2019	6.33	5468^th	5510	0.8%
2021	11.31	1232^nd	1272	3.1%
2022	9.59	5567^th	5663	1.7%
2023	13.36	5288^th	5650	6.4%
2024	9.74	5504^th	5636	2.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Lenwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	22.40	597^th	700	14.7%
2019	16.50	706^th	747	5.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lenwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.89	4700^th	4830	2.7%
2019	8.28	4895^th	4963	1.4%
2022	16.28	4737^th	5084	6.8%
2023	12.20	4946^th	5098	3.0%
2024	17.00	4657^th	5102	8.7%

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Rank History for White students at Lenwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	5.15	2670^th	2737	2.4%
2019	2.98	2793^rd	2834	1.4%
2022	6.61	2606^th	2726	4.4%
2023	9.66	2479^th	2662	6.9%
2024	2.81	2618^th	2647	1.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Lenwood Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	316	11	2	139	4	n/a	n/a	0	472
1989	319	22	8	162	4	n/a	n/a	0	515
1990	281	17	7	208	10	n/a	n/a	0	523
1991	273	15	9	157	7	n/a	n/a	0	461
1992	257	19	9	161	7	n/a	n/a	0	453
1993	259	31	5	160	9	n/a	n/a	0	464
1994	276	27	3	150	9	n/a	n/a	0	465
1995	242	26	1	174	13	n/a	n/a	0	456
1996	242	26	1	174	13	n/a	n/a	0	456
1997	237	28	2	153	7	n/a	n/a	0	427
1998	226	25	0	156	6	n/a	n/a	0	413
1999	196	33	1	181	4	n/a	n/a	0	415
2000	202	31	5	180	2	n/a	n/a	0	420
2001	199	28	3	156	2	n/a	n/a	0	388
2002	171	28	0	145	5	n/a	n/a	0	349
2003	171	28	0	145	5	n/a	n/a	0	349
2004	164	26	5	164	5	n/a	n/a	0	364
2005	145	29	6	172	4	n/a	n/a	2	358
2006	123	27	2	168	5	n/a	n/a	2	327
2007	125	46	5	158	8	n/a	n/a	2	344
2008	119	53	6	166	5	n/a	n/a	0	349
2009	107	31	5	183	4	0	0	0	330
2010	154	47	4	241	4	0	3	0	453
2011	133	33	3	251	3	0	4	0	427
2012	134	23	1	219	4	0	5	0	386
2013	124	24	2	232	5	0	10	0	397
2014	126	30	2	270	4	0	22	0	454
2015	150	32	2	258	5	0	13	0	460
2016	153	42	3	274	7	2	12	0	493
2017	140	49	0	267	4	2	18	0	480
2018	151	55	2	260	6	5	23	0	502
2019	152	55	2	284	9	5	22	0	529
2020	147	73	3	278	4	3	26	0	534
2021	121	58	3	265	1	3	22	0	473
2022	119	62	2	244	2	3	32	0	464
2023	118	68	1	279	4	3	32	0	505
2024	97	67	2	256	4	2	32	0	460

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lenwood Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	472	20.9	22.5	n/a
1989	515	19.9	25.8	n/a
1990	523	20.0	26.1	n/a
1991	461	17.0	27.1	n/a
1992	453	17.3	26.1	40.6
1993	464	18.0	25.8	54.5
1994	465	19.0	24.5	47.3
1995	456	16.0	28.5	60.5
1996	456	16.0	28.5	60.5
1997	427	17.0	25.1	68.1
1998	413	21.0	19.7	67.1
1999	415	22.0	18.9	72.5
2000	420	23.0	18.3	69.3
2001	388	20.0	19.4	73.5
2002	349	20.0	17.5	82.8
2003	349	20.0	17.5	82.8
2004	364	19.0	19.2	79.4
2005	358	19.0	18.8	78.1
2006	327	20.0	16.4	72.9
2007	344	18.0	19.1	79.2
2008	349	20.0	17.5	76.5
2009	330	19.0	16.5	75.2
2010	453	19.0	23.8	79.2
2011	427	n/a	n/a	84.5
2012	386	17.1	22.5	0.8
2013	397	16.5	24.0	84.4
2014	454	17.0	26.7	89.4
2015	460	18.0	25.5	88.9
2016	493	18.0	27.3	88
2017	480	19.0	25.2	87.1
2018	502	19.0	26.4	86.3
2019	529	20.0	26.4	89.4
2020	534	n/a	n/a	86
2021	473	22.0	21.5	87.7
2022	464	20.0	23.2	89.7
2023	505	20.4	24.7	84
2024	460	20.1	22.8	84.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lenwood Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	472	20.9	22.5	n/a
1989	515	19.9	25.8	n/a
1990	523	20.0	26.1	n/a
1991	461	17.0	27.1	n/a
1992	453	17.3	26.1	40.6
1993	464	18.0	25.8	54.5
1994	465	19.0	24.5	47.3
1995	456	16.0	28.5	60.5
1996	456	16.0	28.5	60.5
1997	427	17.0	25.1	68.1
1998	413	21.0	19.7	67.1
1999	415	22.0	18.9	72.5
2000	420	23.0	18.3	69.3
2001	388	20.0	19.4	73.5
2002	349	20.0	17.5	82.8
2003	349	20.0	17.5	82.8
2004	364	19.0	19.2	79.4
2005	358	19.0	18.8	78.1
2006	327	20.0	16.4	72.9
2007	344	18.0	19.1	79.2
2008	349	20.0	17.5	76.5
2009	330	19.0	16.5	75.2
2010	453	19.0	23.8	79.2
2011	427	n/a	n/a	84.5
2012	386	17.1	22.5	0.8
2013	397	16.5	24.0	84.4
2014	454	17.0	26.7	89.4
2015	460	18.0	25.5	88.9
2016	493	18.0	27.3	88
2017	480	19.0	25.2	87.1
2018	502	19.0	26.4	86.3
2019	529	20.0	26.4	89.4
2020	534	n/a	n/a	86
2021	473	22.0	21.5	87.7
2022	464	20.0	23.2	89.7
2023	505	20.4	24.7	84
2024	460	20.1	22.8	84.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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