Long Beach Unified

Near Average2024–25 data81 schools · avg 45.8/100

Long Beach Unified has 81 ranked schools across elementary, middle and high levels with an average Scope Score of 45.8/100 — 2.1 points above the California state average of 43.8. The highest-scoring school is California Academy of Mathematics and Science at 96/100, where 80.6% of students exceed the state standard. The district spends $13,498 per student (below the state average of $14,815). 6 schools show positive growth trajectories. Chronic absenteeism averages 26.2%, above the state average. Data source: CDE CAASPP 2025 and NCES fiscal data, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Avg Scope Score

45.8

State avg: 43.8

SchoolScope composite

Score Range

87.4

9.0 – 96.4

Avg Exceeded %

23.4%

State avg: 21.6%

CDE CAASPP 2025

Chronic Absenteeism

26.2%

State avg: 18.1%

CDE Attendance 2025

Schools Ranked

With Scope Scores

Level	Avg Score	Schools	Exceeded	Absent
Elementary	45.8	53	25.2%	24.9%
Middle	38.5	15	17.5%	23.4%
High	54.5	13	22.8%	34.6%

K–12 pipeline

The typical school path in Long Beach Unified, top-scoring shown first.

Elementary

45.8

avg score · 53 schools

Naples Elementary75

Gant Elementary73

Prisk Elementary71

+50 more elementary schools

→

Middle

38.5

avg score · 15 schools

Helen Keller Middle57

Stanford Middle54

Rogers Middle53

+12 more middle schools

→

High

54.5

avg score · 13 schools

California Academy of Mathematics and Science96

Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science92

Ernest S. McBride, Sr. High76

+10 more high schools

District Analysis

Strongest level: Long Beach Unified's high schools lead the district with an average Scope Score of 54.5.

Growth story: District-wide elementary growth averages -1.0pp (state avg: -3.0pp), a negative trend that warrants attention.

Consistency: Score range of 87.4 points — showing significant variation between schools.

Absenteeism: District chronic absenteeism averages 26.2%, 8.1pp below the state average of 18.1%.

Suspensions: District suspension rate averages 3.6%, near the state average of 1.7%.

Top school: California Academy of Mathematics and Science leads the district at 96 with 80.6% exceeding standard.

How we score · Scope Score methodology

School archetypes in Long Beach Unified

16 On the Rise6 Strong All-Around6 Growth Engine5 Solid Base44 Building Momentum

Hidden gems: 22 schools in Long Beach Unified are classified as On the Rise (16) or Growth Engine (6) — showing positive growth trajectories that raw proficiency scores alone don't capture. These are schools where students leave with more than they arrived with.

Archetypes are data-driven labels based on Scope Score dimensions. Learn more

Student demographics

Hispanic

58.7%

White

12.3%

Asian

6.9%

Black

12.1%

Other

10.1%

Free/Reduced Lunch

62%

Economic need indicator · district avg

CDE CAASPP 2025

District averages · California Department of Education enrollment data

District Funding

Long Beach Unified spends $13,498 per student in current expenditures — $1,317 below the state average of $14,815.

Per-Pupil Spending

$13,498

State avg: $14,815

District Enrollment

69,413

Students for funding calc

2016–2020 Trend

↑ 10.4%

$12,227 → $13,498

Spending Efficiency

3.40

Scope Score per $1K spent

Spending Breakdown

Instruction 64%Support 33%Other 3%

NCES F-33 Finance · District-level data — not school-specific

Data source: NCES Common Core of Data, Fiscal Survey (F-33) · 2019–2020

Teacher compensation

Salary Range

$65,703–$137,718

District schedule · CA median ~$98K

Teaching Staff

3,150

Full-time equivalent teachers

CDE Form J-90 salary schedule · 2024–25

Elementary Schools (53)

Long Beach Unified has 53 ranked elementary schools averaging a Scope Score of 45.8 — 2.0 points above the state average of 43.8. 3 of 53 elementary schools score above 70.

Growth averages -1.0pp district-wide — a negative trend worth examining.

The highest-scoring elementary school is Naples Elementary with a Scope Score of 75 and 55.9% exceeding standard.

#	School	Score	Exceeded	Met+	Growth	Absent	Susp.
1	Naples Elementary Long Beach Unified High Ceiling	75	55.9%	79.3%	-3.7pp	18.1%	0.4%
2	Gant Elementary Long Beach Unified High Ceiling	73	52.7%	80.1%	-5.8pp	14.0%	0.4%
3	Prisk Elementary Long Beach Unified Strong All-Around	71	47.5%	76.0%	+0.2pp	14.5%	0.1%
4	Newcomb Academy Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	68	45.1%	78.0%	-2.1pp	12.9%	1.7%
5	Lowell Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	67	49.6%	71.2%	-5.3pp	15.7%	0.1%
6	Tincher Preparatory Long Beach Unified Growth Engine	67	46.4%	73.8%	+7.1pp	12.1%	5.2%
7	Los Cerritos Elementary Long Beach Unified Solid Base	64	44.4%	67.2%	-3.5pp	14.7%	0.1%
8	Kettering Elementary Long Beach Unified Solid Base	64	40.8%	72.6%	-11.7pp	16.9%	0.4%
9	Cleveland Elementary Long Beach Unified Strong All-Around	63	42.0%	76.2%	+0.9pp	21.7%	1.7%
10	Fremont Elementary Long Beach Unified Growth Engine	62	41.1%	68.2%	+5.7pp	15.7%	0.9%
11	Henry Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	62	37.1%	62.9%	-4.8pp	9.3%	0.2%
12	Carver Elementary Long Beach Unified Solid Base	62	41.8%	69.7%	-7.7pp	19.1%	0.1%
13	Longfellow Elementary Long Beach Unified Strong All-Around	60	35.6%	60.7%	+3.9pp	16.7%	1.4%
14	Cubberley K-8 Long Beach Unified Solid Base	59	47.0%	67.1%	-18.6pp	13.8%	2.5%
15	Emerson Parkside Academy Long Beach Unified Solid Base	59	36.5%	65.7%	-6.2pp	11.5%	1.4%
16	Burcham Elementary Long Beach Unified Strong All-Around	58	41.1%	62.3%	-1.5pp	17.3%	0.8%
17	Bixby Elementary Long Beach Unified Growth Engine	57	32.2%	58.6%	+9.8pp	17.4%	1.4%
18	Holmes Elementary Long Beach Unified Growth Engine	57	35.4%	61.5%	+18.5pp	28.8%	2.6%
19	Riley Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	53	25.4%	53.5%	+1.8pp	21.7%	1.4%
20	Alvarado Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	53	30.4%	55.4%	+2.7pp	28.7%	2.5%
21	MacArthur Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	52	33.5%	63.9%	-1.3pp	23.3%	2.2%
22	Madison Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	51	30.4%	55.7%	-15.2pp	19.8%	0.1%
23	Signal Hill Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	49	23.9%	48.7%	+0.4pp	21.3%	0.4%
24	Lincoln Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	46	23.1%	49.3%	-12.3pp	27.9%	1.8%
25	Bryant Elementary Long Beach Unified Growth Engine	45	19.1%	44.6%	+8.7pp	32.1%	3.4%
26	Burbank Elementary Long Beach Unified On the Rise	41	18.3%	40.6%	+3.1pp	30.3%	1.5%
27	Gompers Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	41	20.3%	48.0%	-8.5pp	20.7%	1.5%
28	Mann Elementary Long Beach Unified On the Rise	40	17.0%	41.5%	+11.3pp	25.0%	3.6%
29	McKinley Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	40	15.9%	39.7%	-10.6pp	30.2%	0.3%
30	Garfield Elementary Long Beach Unified On the Rise	40	16.6%	43.2%	+9.0pp	24.6%	1.2%
31	Lafayette Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	39	16.7%	39.3%	+2.4pp	28.7%	2.1%
32	Twain Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	38	21.2%	46.4%	-11.1pp	20.7%	2.5%
33	Muir K-8 Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	38	19.2%	40.6%	-1.4pp	27.0%	3.8%
34	Harte Elementary Long Beach Unified On the Rise	37	14.9%	36.5%	+12.3pp	30.4%	2.9%
35	Birney Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	37	19.6%	42.5%	+1.0pp	28.4%	1.5%
36	Chavez Elementary Long Beach Unified On the Rise	35	11.5%	32.8%	+6.5pp	29.0%	1.2%
37	Addams Elementary Long Beach Unified On the Rise	34	11.3%	30.2%	+5.7pp	31.6%	2.6%
38	Dooley Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	33	17.9%	39.1%	-12.2pp	33.2%	2.3%
39	Olivia Nieto Herrera Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	33	10.0%	34.7%	+2.5pp	31.7%	2.7%
40	Powell Academy for Success Long Beach Unified On the Rise	33	13.6%	34.3%	+7.3pp	32.5%	5.1%
41	Jenny Oropeza Elementary Long Beach Unified On the Rise	32	14.4%	35.9%	+7.5pp	38.2%	1.0%
42	Webster Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	32	14.9%	35.8%	-9.8pp	31.0%	1.8%
43	Stevenson Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	32	13.5%	37.3%	-9.6pp	34.3%	4.4%
44	Roosevelt Elementary Long Beach Unified On the Rise	32	8.8%	30.6%	+18.8pp	33.6%	1.4%
45	Barton Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	31	14.0%	30.2%	-9.4pp	33.8%	6.3%
46	Bobbie Smith Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	31	13.8%	32.8%	-12.9pp	29.2%	3.3%
47	Whittier Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	31	10.3%	28.2%	-3.3pp	29.8%	0.9%
48	Grant Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	29	10.8%	30.1%	-0.7pp	35.8%	2.1%
49	King Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	29	10.0%	28.6%	-12.4pp	33.4%	0.8%
50	Willard Elementary Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	29	10.3%	30.5%	+1.3pp	33.3%	1.3%
51	Robinson Academy Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	22	5.4%	19.4%	-1.8pp	26.2%	8.7%
52	Edison Elementary Long Beach Unified On the Rise	22	3.8%	21.6%	+4.7pp	36.8%	3.4%
53	Avalon K-12 Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	18	4.8%	17.8%	-4.7pp	36.2%	0.8%

Middle Schools (15)

Long Beach Unified has 15 ranked middle schools averaging a Scope Score of 38.5 — 2.0 points near the state average of 40.5.

District-wide growth averages +2.4pp, suggesting schools are adding value beyond what students arrive with.

The highest-scoring middle school is Helen Keller Middle with a Scope Score of 57 and 28.6% exceeding standard.

#	School	Score	Exceeded	Met+	Growth	Absent	Susp.
1	Helen Keller Middle Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	57	28.6%	60.0%	-1.0pp	7.1%	1.6%
2	Stanford Middle Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	54	31.5%	61.1%	+0.5pp	15.2%	6.9%
3	Rogers Middle Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	53	32.4%	61.1%	-2.2pp	12.6%	6.5%
4	Marshall Academy of the Arts Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	50	26.5%	55.2%	-1.6pp	17.7%	4.5%
5	Hughes Middle Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	47	24.7%	48.9%	+0.1pp	18.1%	9.6%
6	Bancroft Middle Long Beach Unified Growth Engine	46	21.1%	49.3%	+6.3pp	19.5%	9.4%
7	Jefferson Leadership Academies Long Beach Unified On the Rise	43	17.0%	43.1%	+8.8pp	19.6%	5.3%
8	Stephens Middle Long Beach Unified On the Rise	37	16.9%	44.1%	+6.8pp	33.5%	11.2%
9	Hoover Middle Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	34	14.0%	35.2%	-3.2pp	20.3%	7.9%
10	Lindbergh STEM Academy Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	32	7.5%	29.1%	-5.8pp	27.0%	5.5%
11	Lindsey Academy Long Beach Unified On the Rise	29	8.3%	29.2%	+5.2pp	21.9%	10.1%
12	Jessie Nelson Academy Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	26	11.3%	29.4%	+2.5pp	29.7%	14.4%
13	Franklin Classical Middle Long Beach Unified On the Rise	25	9.7%	28.3%	+10.7pp	33.1%	15.9%
14	Washington Middle Long Beach Unified On the Rise	23	6.2%	24.6%	+6.0pp	39.0%	12.3%
15	Hamilton Middle Long Beach Unified On the Rise	22	7.6%	26.5%	+3.2pp	36.2%	9.9%

High Schools (13)

Long Beach Unified has 13 ranked high schools averaging a Scope Score of 54.5 — 7.1 points above the state average of 47.5. 2 of 13 high schools have Scope Scores above 90.

The highest-scoring high school is California Academy of Mathematics and Science with a Scope Score of 96 and 80.6% exceeding standard.

#	School	Score	Exceeded	Met+	Absent	Susp.
1	California Academy of Mathematics and Science Long Beach Unified High Ceiling	96	80.6%	96.8%	9.2%	0.4%
2	Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science Long Beach Unified High Ceiling	92	64.3%	88.4%	10.5%	0.5%
3	Ernest S. McBride, Sr. High Long Beach Unified Strong All-Around	76	32.6%	64.0%	20.3%	3.4%
4	Renaissance High School for the Arts Long Beach Unified Strong All-Around	64	26.2%	50.7%	23.9%	3.1%
5	Millikan High Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	61	20.6%	47.7%	18.3%	2.5%
6	Polytechnic High Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	58	17.0%	40.9%	32.2%	2.5%
7	Lakewood High Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	53	10.9%	33.8%	29.3%	5.8%
8	Wilson High Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	53	15.4%	37.6%	34.8%	5.6%
9	Jordan High Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	44	6.4%	22.8%	28.5%	4.6%
10	Cabrillo High Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	43	7.2%	24.3%	44.0%	9.0%
11	Richard D. Browning High Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	40	11.2%	30.2%	33.7%	14.5%
12	Educational Partnership High Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	19	3.8%	17.1%	88.7%	0.4%
13	Reid High Long Beach Unified Building Momentum	9	0.0%	0.0%	76.8%	2.4%

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2024-25 · Methodology

Scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data, not official CDE ratings. They represent one way of interpreting test results and should not be the sole basis for school decisions.

What Scope Scores can't tell you about Long Beach Unified

Class sizes and student-teacher interaction quality
Quality of arts, music, athletics, and enrichment programs
Teacher experience, turnover, and professional development
Campus safety, bullying climate, and social-emotional support
Parent and community engagement levels
Quality of special education and gifted programs
How resources are distributed across schools within the district

Scope Scores measure academic performance and school climate using public data. They are one lens among many. Full methodology

Frequently asked questions

Is Long Beach Unified a good school district?

Long Beach Unified has 81 ranked schools averaging a Scope Score of 45.8/100, which is 2.1 points above the California state average of 43.8. 23.4% of students exceed the state standard on average. The Scope Score measures academic performance and school climate across six dimensions. Data source: CDE CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What is the best school in Long Beach Unified?

The highest-scoring school in Long Beach Unified is California Academy of Mathematics and Science with a Scope Score of 96/100 and 80.6% exceeding standard. See methodology.

How much does Long Beach Unified spend per student?

Long Beach Unified spends $13,498 per student in current expenditures. The state average is $14,815. Spending data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data Fiscal Survey (F-33). Higher spending does not automatically mean better outcomes — the Scope Score measures what happens in the classroom regardless of budget.

What is the teacher salary range in Long Beach Unified?

Teacher salaries in Long Beach Unified range from $65,703–$137,718 based on the district's salary schedule (CDE Form J-90). The California statewide median teacher salary is approximately $98,000.

What does the Scope Score measure?

The Scope Score is SchoolScope's proprietary composite rating (0–100) based on six dimensions of publicly available California school data: the exceeded-vs-met standard split, overall proficiency, grade-level growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. Full methodology and weights.

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