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Cimarron Avenue and Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence

Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence scores 74 and Cimarron Avenue 70 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence’s math results are clearly higher. English (reading and writing) is close between the two.

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Biggest differences

What are the biggest differences?

The biggest difference in test results is in math. Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence has the highest share and Cimarron Avenue has the lowest.

Biggest difference

17points

in math. 36% of Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Cimarron Avenue it was 19%.

Chronic absence

28in 100

students missed 10% or more of school days at each of these schools.

Low-income families

92%

of Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence’s students are from low-income families. At Cimarron Avenue it is 86%.

Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California elementary schools. Chronic absence is the 2025–26 school year. Students from low-income families are students eligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25.

Test results

How do their test results compare?

The dark part of each bar is students who scored Advanced. The light part is students who scored Proficient. The dashed line is California for the same grades.

English: Proficient or Advanced

Reading and writing

Cimarron Avenue29%Advanced: 8%
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence38%Advanced: 13%
California46%Advanced: 24%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Share of students tested

Cimarron Avenue19%Advanced: 4%
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence36%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 18%, clearly ahead
California42%Advanced: 21%

Grades 3–5, spring 2026. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education.

Year by year

How have their results changed?

Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 28% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 38%.

Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Each year is a different group of students.

English

Math

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional. Each figure is our combination of the grades’ published results, weighted by students tested. Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education.

Life at school

Do students show up and stay in class?

A shorter bar is better here. The dashed line is the average California elementary school we score.

Chronically absent

Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days

Cimarron Avenue28 in 10078 of 275 students
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence28 in 100156 of 564 students
Average school17 in 100

Suspended at least once

Share of students enrolled at any point in the year

Cimarron Avenue0%0 of 280 students
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence4.8%28 of 581 students
Average school1.6%

2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California elementary school we score. Source: California Department of Education.

State growth measure

How did results compare with what the state expected?

The state sets an expected score for each student from that student’s earlier scores. A bar to the right means students scored above it.

English

Points against the expected score

Cimarron Avenue−10points
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence+6points

Math

Points against the expected score

Cimarron Avenue−12points
Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence+15points
  • Cimarron AvenueGrades 4–5. The state calls both results Moderate. 67 students.
  • Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceGrades 4–8. The state calls both results Accelerated. 218 students.

Spring 2025. Students with scores in both years. The measure describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education growth model.

Culture, side by side

What do the school, its families and the records say?

A school’s words are its claims. The district’s survey and the staffing records are evidence.

MeasureCimarron AvenueBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district.
Students: SafetyCimarron Avenue54%LAUSD 77% · 68 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Students: BelongingCimarron Avenue52%LAUSD 68% · 65 to 66 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Students: Caring adultsCimarron Avenue62%LAUSD 75% · 63 to 68 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Families: SafetyCimarron Avenue95%LAUSD 91% · 136 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Families: BelongingCimarron Avenue95%LAUSD 94% · 137 to 145 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Staff: SafetyCimarron Avenue100%LAUSD 97% · 51 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
From the staffing records
Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school yearCimarron Avenue14Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence22
Teachers in their first year2024–25 school yearCimarron Avenue0%Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence0%
Show every subject in the survey
MeasureCimarron AvenueBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26
Students: EngagementCimarron Avenue62%LAUSD 68% · 66 to 68 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Students: High expectationsCimarron Avenue78%LAUSD 84% · 67 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is betterCimarron Avenue36%LAUSD 24% · 68 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Families: Caring adultsCimarron Avenue96%LAUSD 94% · 141 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Families: EngagementCimarron Avenue92%LAUSD 91% · 141 to 145 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Families: Bullying reports taken seriouslyCimarron Avenue79%LAUSD 80% · 140 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Staff: Caring adultsCimarron Avenue92%LAUSD 89% · 51 to 53 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Staff: High expectationsCimarron Avenue95%LAUSD 95% · 51 to 53 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file
Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problemCimarron Avenue82%LAUSD 86% · 51 answersBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceNo survey on file

School statements are from each school’s own website on the date shown. A survey figure averages the questions on that subject: the share who agreed, or for student bullying the share it happened to. Teacher records are from the California Department of Education. Nothing here is about a named person.

Who attends

Who attends, and how big are they?

The table shows how many students each school has and how many are from low-income families.

MeasureCimarron AvenueBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence
StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25Cimarron Avenue261Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence487
Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63%Cimarron Avenue86%224 of 261 studentsBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence92%449 of 487 students
Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class sizeCimarron Avenue19Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence27
Show grades and who runs each school
MeasureCimarron AvenueBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence
GradesCimarron AvenueTK–5Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceTK–8
Who runs the schoolCimarron AvenueLos Angeles UnifiedBennett/Kew Leadership Academy of ExcellenceInglewood Unified
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Sources

Sources and definitions

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How we score schools

Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026. Each figure is the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, for one subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades.

“Clearly ahead” marks a figure that is ahead of the others by more than twice the margin of error. On chronic absence, ahead means lower.

Chronic absence and suspensions are the California Department of Education’s 2025–26 counts. “Chronically absent” means a student missed 10% or more of school days. The average school is the average California school we score at these schools’ level, with each school counted once.

The state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores. It covers grades 4–8 and comes from the state’s spring 2025 release.

The year-by-year chart shows each spring’s results for grades 3–5. Each year is a different group of students, so the chart does not show how the same students changed.

Students and students per teacher are from the federal school directory, 2024–25. Students from low-income families are students counted as eligible for free or reduced-price meals in the California Department of Education’s 2024–25 count.

Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only).