Is Brentwood Science a good school?

Brentwood Science ranks 2964 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Brentwood Science?

In the 2023-24 school year, 247 students attended Brentwood Science.

What is the racial makeup of Brentwood Science?

Students at Brentwood Science are 59% Hispanic, 27% African American, 6% White, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Brentwood Science attend?

Students who attend Brentwood Science usually go on to attend: Middle : Paul Revere Charter Middle High : University High School Charter

Brentwood Science

Summary:

Brentwood Science is an elementary school located in Los Angeles, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 249 students. The school faces several challenges, including below-average academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students.

Brentwood Science's academic performance, as measured by the Smarter Balanced Assessments, is generally below the Los Angeles Unified and California state averages across various grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy ranged from 31.48% (4th grade) to 47.92% (5th grade), compared to the Los Angeles Unified average of 41.21% to 44.18% and the California average of 42.8% to 47.37%. Brentwood Science has also experienced relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 11.5% in 2020-2021 to 41.4% in 2021-2022, which are significantly higher than the district and state averages.

Interestingly, nearby schools like Nora Sterry Elementary and the public charter schools Kenter Canyon Elementary Charter and Community Magnet Charter Elementary have generally outperformed Brentwood Science in academic assessments and have lower chronic absenteeism rates. Additionally, Brentwood Science has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 82.73% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, which may contribute to the school's academic challenges.

Detail:

Public K-5

740 Gretna Green Way
Los Angeles, CA 90049-4927

(310) 826-5631

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2964^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,612

Students who attend Brentwood Science usually attend:

Middle:	Paul Revere Charter Middle
High:	University High School Charter

Student/teacher ratio: 20.5

Number of students: 247

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

58.7%

African American:

27.1%

White:

6.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 77.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Brentwood Science ranks worse than 50.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 220^th among 486 ranked elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 43.41. (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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (58.7%), African American (27.1%), White (6.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 77.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Brentwood Science is 20.5. 301 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Brentwood Science employs 12 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Brentwood Science is $13,612, which is the 100^th highest among 486 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Brentwood Science:

SchoolDigger ranks Brentwood Science 2964^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Brentwood Science in the ranking list.)

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Los Angeles Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Angeles Unified 871^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Brentwood Science

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Rank History for all students at Brentwood Science

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	74.97	1116^th	4809	76.8%
2005	80.44	906^th	4822	81.2%
2006	78.28	1019^th	4818	78.9%
2007	72.72	1256^th	5113	75.4%
2008	70.38	1383^rd	5113	73.0%
2009	66.93	1594^th	5193	69.3%
2010	59.03	2035^th	5314	61.7%
2011	64.72	1764^th	5377	67.2%
2012	55.17	2320^th	5390	57.0%
2013	52.70	2524^th	5530	54.4%
2015	47.33	2604^th	5611	53.6%
2016	46.94	2661^st	5614	52.6%
2017	40.91	3049^th	5692	46.4%
2018	30.69	3777^th	5662	33.3%
2019	42.56	3034^th	5789	47.6%
2022	34.22	3518^th	5883	40.2%
2023	42.33	2992^nd	5874	49.1%
2024	43.41	2964^th	5862	49.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Brentwood Science

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	14.98	3230^th	3246	0.5%
2019	21.66	3099^th	3275	5.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Brentwood Science

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	71.33	474^th	2634	82.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Brentwood Science

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.25	3226^th	5084	36.5%
2019	55.59	2026^th	5173	60.8%
2022	47.04	2467^th	5264	53.1%
2023	55.83	1992^nd	5374	62.9%
2024	52.29	2239^th	5511	59.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Brentwood Science

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.08	3271^st	5413	39.6%
2019	42.02	2981^st	5492	45.7%
2022	35.43	3290^th	5635	41.6%
2023	38.43	3119^th	5617	44.5%
2024	41.97	2922^nd	5605	47.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Brentwood Science

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.70	1315^th	2128	38.2%
2019	45.06	1132^nd	2585	56.2%
2022	28.01	1591^st	2227	28.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Brentwood Science

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.08	4017^th	5431	26.0%
2019	42.50	2875^th	5510	47.8%
2022	34.19	3438^th	5663	39.3%
2023	45.73	2692^nd	5650	52.4%
2024	44.08	2811^th	5636	50.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Brentwood Science

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	46.61	331^st	700	52.7%
2019	72.14	147^th	747	80.3%
2022	57.06	202^nd	663	69.5%
2023	74.61	120^th	662	81.9%
2024	68.65	132^nd	593	77.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Brentwood Science

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.91	2743^rd	4830	43.2%
2019	49.95	2286^th	4963	53.9%
2022	49.82	2217^th	5084	56.4%
2023	56.36	1867^th	5098	63.4%
2024	56.61	1862^nd	5102	63.5%

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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 Brentwood Science

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	435	310	172	220	9	n/a	n/a	0	1146
1989	441	301	201	230	10	n/a	n/a	0	1183
1990	466	303	186	238	5	n/a	n/a	0	1198
1991	534	371	220	294	13	n/a	n/a	0	1432
1992	551	351	234	301	12	n/a	n/a	0	1449
1993	610	348	232	274	8	n/a	n/a	0	1472
1994	577	334	248	298	9	n/a	n/a	0	1466
1995	444	267	228	244	2	n/a	n/a	0	1185
1996	444	267	228	244	2	n/a	n/a	0	1185
1997	462	255	244	245	5	n/a	n/a	0	1211
1998	445	232	226	238	2	n/a	n/a	0	1143
1999	451	228	279	251	2	n/a	n/a	0	1211
2000	415	238	271	284	1	n/a	n/a	0	1209
2001	383	208	282	338	0	n/a	n/a	0	1211
2002	317	187	268	412	3	n/a	n/a	0	1187
2003	317	187	268	412	3	n/a	n/a	0	1187
2004	255	193	265	473	3	n/a	n/a	0	1189
2005	236	184	268	486	4	n/a	n/a	0	1178
2006	222	180	275	478	3	n/a	n/a	0	1158
2007	194	198	272	484	3	n/a	n/a	10	1161
2008	181	196	285	471	2	n/a	n/a	0	1135
2009	188	196	257	488	3	1	11	0	1144
2010	174	217	248	589	6	7	13	0	1254
2011	163	241	211	628	12	9	9	0	1273
2012	149	291	166	637	6	7	5	0	1261
2013	133	274	137	594	6	9	0	0	1153
2014	124	274	107	583	6	8	1	0	1103
2015	105	248	82	535	3	5	7	0	985
2016	89	240	68	483	3	4	10	0	897
2017	60	204	71	421	1	4	18	0	779
2018	39	195	41	338	1	2	21	0	637
2019	31	138	30	260	0	3	0	0	462
2020	30	100	18	233	0	2	16	0	399
2021	21	96	12	208	1	1	16	0	355
2022	16	78	10	186	0	1	17	0	308
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	249	249
2024	15	67	11	145	0	0	9	0	247

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 Brentwood Science

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1146	42.0	27.2	n/a
1989	1183	44.0	26.8	n/a
1990	1198	45.0	26.6	n/a
1991	1432	52.0	27.5	n/a
1992	1449	52.8	27.4	30.3
1993	1472	52.0	28.3	31.3
1994	1466	52.0	28.2	35.9
1995	1185	44.0	26.9	48
1996	1185	44.0	26.9	48
1997	1211	53.0	22.8	47.1
1998	1143	51.5	22.2	48.4
1999	1211	56.0	21.6	54.4
2000	1209	57.0	21.2	49.1
2001	1211	58.0	20.9	52.8
2002	1187	57.0	20.8	57.9
2003	1187	57.0	20.8	57.9
2004	1189	57.5	20.7	63.7
2005	1178	59.5	19.8	63.9
2006	1158	56.5	20.5	62.2
2007	1161	55.0	21.1	63.2
2008	1135	55.6	20.4	65.3
2009	1144	55.0	19.4	64.3
2010	1254	53.0	23.6	70.3
2011	1273	n/a	n/a	71.2
2012	1261	46.0	27.4	n/a
2013	1153	43.0	26.8	73.5
2014	1103	41.0	26.9	79.1
2015	985	39.0	25.2	72.6
2016	897	36.0	24.9	80.3
2017	779	31.0	25.1	83.8
2018	637	25.0	25.4	80.4
2019	462	19.0	24.3	84.4
2020	399	n/a	n/a	83.7
2021	355	16.0	22.1	86.8
2022	308	15.5	19.8	85.7
2023	249	11.0	22.6	82.7
2024	247	12.0	20.5	77.7

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 Brentwood Science

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1146	42.0	27.2	n/a
1989	1183	44.0	26.8	n/a
1990	1198	45.0	26.6	n/a
1991	1432	52.0	27.5	n/a
1992	1449	52.8	27.4	30.3
1993	1472	52.0	28.3	31.3
1994	1466	52.0	28.2	35.9
1995	1185	44.0	26.9	48
1996	1185	44.0	26.9	48
1997	1211	53.0	22.8	47.1
1998	1143	51.5	22.2	48.4
1999	1211	56.0	21.6	54.4
2000	1209	57.0	21.2	49.1
2001	1211	58.0	20.9	52.8
2002	1187	57.0	20.8	57.9
2003	1187	57.0	20.8	57.9
2004	1189	57.5	20.7	63.7
2005	1178	59.5	19.8	63.9
2006	1158	56.5	20.5	62.2
2007	1161	55.0	21.1	63.2
2008	1135	55.6	20.4	65.3
2009	1144	55.0	19.4	64.3
2010	1254	53.0	23.6	70.3
2011	1273	n/a	n/a	71.2
2012	1261	46.0	27.4	n/a
2013	1153	43.0	26.8	73.5
2014	1103	41.0	26.9	79.1
2015	985	39.0	25.2	72.6
2016	897	36.0	24.9	80.3
2017	779	31.0	25.1	83.8
2018	637	25.0	25.4	80.4
2019	462	19.0	24.3	84.4
2020	399	n/a	n/a	83.7
2021	355	16.0	22.1	86.8
2022	308	15.5	19.8	85.7
2023	249	11.0	22.6	82.7
2024	247	12.0	20.5	77.7

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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