William Green Elementary, Lawndale CA

Original Research by School Decision on William Green Elementary

William Green Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Lawndale, a compact, walkable South Bay neighborhood of greater Los Angeles. The school sits within the Lawndale Elementary School District, which shares its name and serves the immediate area.

The school's student body reflects the city's demographics. The enrollment includes a substantial majority of students who identify as Hispanic, along with smaller shares of Asian, Black, White, and multiracial students. A very high proportion of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that family incomes in the school's catchment sit well below district and state medians. The school does not report separate counts for English learner or special education enrollment, so a parent may want to inquire directly with the school about the scale of services in those areas.

On California's state assessments for 2024-25, William Green's proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranged from roughly two-fifths to just under half of tested students meeting grade-level standards across grades three through five. Math proficiency was lower, ranging from about one-quarter to two-fifths of students meeting standards. In science, tested only in grade five, roughly one-quarter of students met standards. When averaged across all tested grades and subjects, the school's overall proficiency index falls below the midpoint among public school districts across Los Angeles County. These results reflect the academic demands facing the school and the support work underway in classrooms.

The district recently expanded its Dual Language Immersion program—an option in which students receive instruction in both English and Spanish across the curriculum—to a second elementary site. While William Green itself does not house that program, families in Lawndale have access to bilingual education pathways at other district schools, which the district publicly reported as a lasting, growing initiative.

Lawndale itself is a built-out, dense residential city of mixed-era housing. Single-family homes, including midcentury bungalows, sit alongside newer apartment buildings. The median home value is above the California state average, and rents track with regional norms; affordability remains tight relative to local incomes. The city's commercial spine runs along Hawthorne Boulevard, and the community has a family-oriented, working- to middle-class character. Public amenities include parks, an LA County Library branch, and local transit, with the larger El Camino College and Alondra Park just outside city limits. The school is a central institution in a neighborhood that reads as established and stable rather than rapidly growing.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 49% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 39% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 33% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 47% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 45% · ▼ 3 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 50% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 30% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.