Public school with a magnet program · Long Beach Unified · Lakewood, California

Lakewood High — Rating & test scores

Lakewood · 9–12 · 2,305 students (2024–25)

4400 Briercrest Avenue, 90713lakewood.lbschools.net ↗(562) 425-1281

Long Beach Unified’s 9th-grade applications close .

Applying for 2027–28. From Long Beach Unified’s site ↗.

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29thpercentileDeveloping

The dots are California’s 1,498 scored public high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
49

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of seven measures.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

In 2024–25, 94% of the class graduated in four years (577 of 617); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 617
Comparison
California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).
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In grade 11, spring 2026, 14% scored Proficient or Advanced in math, against 32% across California.

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 413,523 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Long Beach Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Lakewood High a good high school?

Lakewood High scores higher than 29 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 29th percentile, Developing, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 29 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 32 in 100 at the average Long Beach Unified high school. 5.7% of students (126 of 2,200) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

More questions (5)

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 35 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 47% of low-income students in grade 11 at Lakewood High scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 49% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 22 AP courses in 7 subjects for 2025–26.

  • 129 students took a college course for credit in 2023–24, by the federal Civil Rights Data Collection

Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

80% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Below California in English; well below it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 49% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 14% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 447 in English, 459 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English, 413,523 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 447 tested

Advanced
15%
Proficient
34%
Below the standard
51%
This school49%
California57%
Long Beach Unified52%

49% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 459 tested

Advanced
4%
Proficient
10%
Below the standard
86%
This school14%
California32%
Long Beach Unified28%

14% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 35 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 51% to 49% and math from 16% to 14%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202551%515 tested
→
202649%447 tested

This school

California, same grades57% → 57%2025 → 2026 · 432,651 → 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202516%521 tested
→
202614%459 tested

This school

California, same grades30% → 32%2025 → 2026 · 431,903 → 413,523 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 11 · This school15%34%30%21%447
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Long Beach Unified24%28%23%25%4,274
Math, grade 11 · This school4%10%28%58%459
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Long Beach Unified13%15%21%51%4,279

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202649%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202614%32%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 64% in 2017 to 49% in 2026. In math, it went from 29% in 2017 to 14% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201764%
723 tested		60%
444,040 tested
201851%
720 tested		56%
439,134 tested
201946%
695 tested		57%
439,947 tested
202248%
665 tested		55%
427,007 tested
202344%
603 tested		55%
442,128 tested
202451%
579 tested		56%
435,296 tested
202551%
515 tested		57%
432,651 tested
202649%
447 tested		57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201729%
723 tested		32%
442,457 tested
201824%
723 tested		31%
437,883 tested
201919%
697 tested		32%
438,107 tested
202213%
663 tested		27%
424,390 tested
202315%
603 tested		27%
440,912 tested
202411%
575 tested		28%
434,711 tested
202516%
521 tested		30%
431,903 tested
202614%
459 tested		32%
413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Lakewood High’s results?

Long Beach Unified’s board decides Lakewood High’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Lakewood High in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Long Beach Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Long Beach Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Long Beach Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Long Beach Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

94% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 53% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 80% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

94%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 577 of 617 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

53%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 326 of 617 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

48%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 278 of 577 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

80% enrolled in college within 12 months · 622 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓38 · 6%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓112 · 18%
  • California community college312 · 50%
  • In-state private4 · 1%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year28 · 5%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year3 · <1%
  • Not enrolled125 · 20%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 22 AP courses in 7 subjects for 2025–26.

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025–26. Authorization doesn’t show which courses run or who can take them; ask the school.

  • Math & Computer Science4
  • Sciences3
  • English2
  • History & Social Science5
  • World Languages & Cultures3
  • Arts3
  • AP Capstone2
Every approved AP course22 courses in 7 subjects
Math & Computer Science 4
  • Calculus AB
  • Computer Science Principles
  • Precalculus
  • Statistics
Sciences 3
  • Biology
  • Environmental Science
  • Physics 1
English 2
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 5
  • Macroeconomics
  • Psychology
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • United States History
  • World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures 3
  • French Language and Culture
  • Spanish Language and Culture
  • Spanish Literature and Culture
Arts 3
  • 2-D Art and Design
  • 3-D Art and Design
  • Drawing
AP Capstone 2
  • Research
  • Seminar

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)
129 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 577 of 617 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 326 of 617 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 278 of 577 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
121
Admitted
79
Enrolled
24

By campus · fall 2025

  • UCLAApplied 94 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled 6
  • UC IrvineApplied 88 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled 4
  • UC San DiegoApplied 75 · Admitted 19 · Enrolled 4
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 59 · Admitted 19 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC RiversideApplied 50 · Admitted 41 · Enrolled 5
  • UC BerkeleyApplied 47 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC DavisApplied 44 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa CruzApplied 26 · Admitted 16 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC MercedApplied 25 · Admitted 24 · Enrolled under 3

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2016

  • Fall 2025Applied 121 · Admitted 79 · Enrolled 24
  • Fall 2024Applied 132 · Admitted 74 · Enrolled 30
  • Fall 2023Applied 156 · Admitted 88 · Enrolled 43
  • Fall 2022Applied 209 · Admitted 112 · Enrolled 37
  • Fall 2021Applied 137 · Admitted 70 · Enrolled 28
  • Fall 2020Applied 108 · Admitted 66 · Enrolled 30
  • Fall 2019Applied 131 · Admitted 71 · Enrolled 36
  • Fall 2018Applied 157 · Admitted 83 · Enrolled 38
  • Fall 2017Applied 140 · Admitted 82 · Enrolled 45
  • Fall 2016Applied 117 · Admitted 72 · Enrolled 36

CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
240
Admitted
215
Enrolled
90

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 1,040 · Admitted 864 · Enrolled 363
  • Cal State FullertonApplied 547 · Admitted 386 · Enrolled 34
  • Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 472 · Admitted 422 · Enrolled 44
  • San Diego StateApplied 396 · Admitted 71 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State LAApplied 266 · Admitted 231 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied 243 · Admitted 132 · Enrolled 10
  • Cal State NorthridgeApplied 194 · Admitted 158 · Enrolled 15
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 141 · Admitted 25 · Enrolled 8
  • San Francisco StateApplied 116 · Admitted 103 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 97 · Admitted 84 · Enrolled 6
  • Sacramento StateApplied 83 · Admitted 69 · Enrolled 8
  • Fresno StateApplied 71 · Admitted 65 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San MarcosApplied 60 · Admitted 55 · Enrolled 15
  • San José StateApplied 54 · Admitted 39 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU BakersfieldApplied 51 · Admitted 43 · Enrolled under 6
  • Chico StateApplied 49 · Admitted 36 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State East BayApplied 47 · Admitted 35 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied 41 · Admitted 37 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied 37 · Admitted 34 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sonoma StateApplied 21 · Admitted 19 · Enrolled —
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied 19 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied 9 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled —
  • Stanislaus StateApplied 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

  • Fall 2025Applied 240 · Admitted 215 · Enrolled 90
  • Fall 2024Applied 223 · Admitted 200 · Enrolled 95
  • Fall 2023Applied 259 · Admitted 243 · Enrolled 116
  • Fall 2022Applied 303 · Admitted 281 · Enrolled 124
  • Fall 2021Applied 231 · Admitted 210 · Enrolled 108

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

29 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 5.7% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Context Close to the 32 in 100 at the average Long Beach Unified high school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 625 of 2,137 students counted for it; suspension: 126 of 2,200 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Long Beach Unified high school 3.3%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

29 in 100This school
32 in 100At the average Long Beach Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

625 of 2,137 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

5.7%

of students were suspended at least once (126 of 2,200). Average California high school 2.9%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Lakewood High

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Work here? Answer the staff questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Four student groups scored well below the same groups across California in math.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

30% of Asian students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grade 11, spring 2026), against 67% for the same group across California. Low-income, Hispanic or Latino and White students also scored well below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Lakewood HighSame group, California
  • Asian40 tested30%Same group, California 67%
  • White34 tested26%Same group, California 44%
  • Black or African American89 tested15%Same group, California 19%
  • Students with disabilities45 tested13%Same group, California 8%
  • Low-income284 tested13%Same group, California 23%
  • Hispanic or Latino252 tested11%Same group, California 21%
  • English learners33 tested6%Same group, California 8%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 12% to 69%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 57%2. Black or African American: 19%3. Asian: 8%4. White: 7%5. Two or more races: 5%6. Filipino: 3%7. Pacific Islander: 2%Unallocated share: <1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino57%
  2. Black or African American19%
  3. Asian8%
  4. White7%
  5. Two or more races5%
  6. Filipino3%
  7. Pacific Islander2%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share<1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

34% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 49 of 144 English learners34%
Long Beach Unified · 3,165 of 7,09145%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

58%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 1,346 of 2,305. California: 63%.

107teachers, 2024–25

17 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

4%in their first year, 2024–25

81%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in math for Asian students and other student groups, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Long Beach Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 277 tested in English, 284 in math
English47%+443%−249%
Math13%−619%−1023%
Hispanic or Latino · 246 tested in English, 252 in math
English45%−146%−449%
Math11%−1021%−1021%
Black or African American · 89 tested
English45%+540%+342%
Math15%−621%−419%
Asian · 40 tested
English69%−574%−1079%
Math30%−1646%−3767%
White · 32 tested in English, 34 in math
English66%066%−268%
Math26%−1844%−1844%
English learners · 32 tested in English, 33 in math
English12%+39%+48%
Math6%−28%−28%
Students with disabilities · 47 tested in English, 45 in math
English26%+719%+719%
Math13%+310%+58%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Long Beach Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Filipino and homeless students and students of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino57%
Black or African American19%
Asian8%
White7%
Two or more races5%
Filipino3%
Pacific Islander2%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 81% of teaching positions, 103 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 127.3 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

Which schools feed into Lakewood High, and how do I get in?

From Bancroft Middle and parts of Marshall Academy of the Arts and Cubberley K-8.

Boundaries split some neighborhoods. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Middle · assigned
Bancroft Middle 70th · Solid · 2026

Fed by 7 elementary schools

Middle · part of its area
Marshall Academy of the Arts 76th · Strong · 2026

Split: some of its area goes to another high school

Fed by 2 elementary schools

Middle · part of its area
Cubberley K-8

Split: some of its area goes to another high school

Fed by 1 elementary school

High · this school
Lakewood High

1 more elementary school reaches into this zone at its edges.

From the district’s 2026 attendance boundaries. Shares are our estimate of where the zone’s children live, from 2020 Census child counts, or land area where few children were counted; they describe children living in the zone, not a school’s enrolled students. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

Not a next step: the school sharing this address. Spectrum Center Schools-Lakewood High School has the same street address in the state’s school directory.

All feeding elementary schools (10)Grouped by the middle school each one feeds, with each school’s standing

Into Bancroft Middle

Into Marshall Academy of the Arts

Into Cubberley K-8

  • HenrySplit: some of its area goes to Marshall Academy of the Arts78th · Strong · 2026

Reaching this zone only at its edges

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Cleveland Elementary

    Assigned

    83rd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

  • Gompers

    Assigned

    72nd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

  • Holmes Elementary

    Assigned

    70th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

  • MacArthur Elementary

    Assigned

    73rd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

  • Riley Elementary

    Assigned

    74th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

  • Twain Elementary

    Assigned

    48th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Madison Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    78th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

    99% of the zone’s children

  • Burcham Elementary

    Assigned

    79th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

  • Henry

    Assigned for part of the zone

    78th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

    77% of the zone’s children

  • Carver Elementary

    Assigned for part of the zone

    87th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

    74% of the zone’s children

Middle-school links

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

How do I get in?

Ask Long Beach Unified which school serves your address.

School website: lakewood.lbschools.net ↗Office: (562) 425-1281Administrator: Mona Merlo

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
4400 Briercrest Avenue, Lakewood 90713

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Long Beach Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 5.7% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (126 of 2,200 students); average California high school: 2.9%
  2. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress? 34% of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (49 of 144 students); California: 47%
  3. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 51% in English and 86% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 11, spring 2026 (447 tested in English, 459 in math); California: 43% and 68%
  4. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  5. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  6. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?

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Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest high schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #1,056 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #8 of 13 in Long Beach Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate94%5725%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math11%4422%
Ready for college or career (state measure)53%5520%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math34%4818%
Chronically absent29 in 100515%
Suspension rate5.8% (145 of 2,491)405%
English learners: top level14%465%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2024–254929#1056California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2018–1915 in 1005.6% (189 of 3,356)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2428 in 1005.7% (153 of 2,687)
2024–2529 in 1005.8% (145 of 2,491)

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Results by gradeEnglish and math · grade 11 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 1144715%34%30%21%49%57%−8

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 114594%10%28%58%14%32%−18

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English44715%49%
2026 · Math4594%14%
2025 · English51518%51%
2025 · Math5214%16%
2024 · English57915%51%
2024 · Math5752%11%
2023 · English60317%44%
2023 · Math6033%15%
2022 · English66515%48%
2022 · Math6634%13%
2019 · English69515%46%
2019 · Math6975%19%
2018 · English72021%51%
2018 · Math7235%24%
2017 · English72327%64%
2017 · Math7238%29%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 11 · English51551%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math52116%
2024 · Grade 11 · English57951%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math57511%
2023 · Grade 11 · English60344%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math60315%
2022 · Grade 11 · English66548%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math66313%
2019 · Grade 11 · English69546%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math69719%
2018 · Grade 11 · English72051%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math72324%
2017 · Grade 11 · English72364%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math72329%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide4482%15%72%11%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income27747%+4−2
Hispanic or Latino24645%−1−4
Black or African American8945%+5+3
Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 29 in 100 → 2025–26 · 29 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 5.8% (145 of 2,491) → 2025–26 · 5.7% (126 of 2,200) · −0.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female16 in 10030 in 100+14 in 100
Male15 in 10029 in 100+14 in 100
Asian6 in 10020 in 100+14 in 100
Black or African American19 in 10035 in 100+16 in 100
Filipino9 in 10020 in 100+11 in 100
Hispanic or Latino15 in 10029 in 100+14 in 100
Pacific Islander18 in 10044 in 100+26 in 100
Two or more races22 in 10038 in 100+16 in 100
White16 in 10022 in 100+6 in 100
Students with disabilities24 in 10034 in 100+10 in 100
English learners25 in 10038 in 100+13 in 100
Foster youth42 in 10057 in 100+15 in 100
Homeless23 in 10042 in 100+19 in 100
Low-income18 in 10033 in 100+15 in 100
All students15 in 10029 in 100+14 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students
MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 53% · numerator 326 students classified Prepared · denominator 617 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 69% · AP-pathway numerator 226 · denominator 326 (CCI Prepared students). This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 326 of 617 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate
94%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
69%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings
Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)
48%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
80%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2016–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
202512179243.773.954.08
202413274303.724.034.08
202315688433.804.024.11
2022209112373.774.044.13
202113770283.734.034.21
202010866303.724.014.17
201913171363.814.004.07
201815783383.753.994.02
201714082453.774.034.07
201611772363.814.014.07

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2016.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley2025473under 3
Berkeley20244663
Berkeley2023715under 3
Berkeley202281under 3under 3
Berkeley2021364under 3
Davis20254414under 3
Davis202437188
Davis202340124
Davis202257213
Davis2021309under 3
Irvine202588114
Irvine202496133
Irvine2023123159
Irvine2022167147
Irvine20211021911
Los Angeles20259476
Los Angeles20249897
Los Angeles202311776
Los Angeles20221514under 3
Los Angeles20219277
Merced20252524under 3
Merced20241211under 3
Merced20231615under 3
Merced20222320under 3
Merced202187under 3
Riverside202550415
Riverside20243420under 3
Riverside202348254
Riverside20225631under 3
Riverside20214224under 3
San Diego202575194
San Diego20248031under 3
San Diego202397469
San Diego20221306218
San Diego202171304
Santa Barbara20255919under 3
Santa Barbara202462234
Santa Barbara202363204
Santa Barbara20227322under 3
Santa Barbara202150213
Santa Cruz20252616under 3
Santa Cruz20243017under 3
Santa Cruz202334174
Santa Cruz20223516under 3
Santa Cruz2021198under 3
Universitywide20251217924
Universitywide20241327430
Universitywide20231568843
Universitywide202220911237
Universitywide20211377028

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations
SubjectAuthorization recorded for
2-D Art and Designthis school
3-D Art and Designthis school
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
Drawingthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
French Language and Culturethis school
Macroeconomicsthis school
Physics 1this school
Precalculusthis school
Psychologythis school
Researchthis school
Seminarthis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Spanish Literature and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school
World History: Modernthis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count18
AP enrollment (male/female)782
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentoffered · 129 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections2
Physics sections13
Chemistry sections9
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)2,602

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California386%
California State University11218%
California community college31250%
In-state private41%
Out-of-state, 4-year285%
Out-of-state, 2-year30%
Not enrolled12520%

622 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 80% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows above.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,498 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 69,413 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$957 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 2,305

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,253 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 2,305

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,199 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 60%Instruction support 13%Student services 11%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$736,219,82160.54%60%
Instruction support$153,542,20912.63%13%
Student services$131,230,78810.79%11%
Administration$60,939,0305.01%5%
Buildings & maintenance$126,665,71510.42%10%
Other$7,400,6280.61%1%
Total$1,215,998,191100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,215,998,191 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$13,498 per pupil
2020$12,985 per pupil
2019$13,175 per pupil
2018$12,489 per pupil
2017$12,227 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 90713 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90713 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$133,419
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32%
ZIP-area population28,221
Median age41.9 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 90713 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2024–25 results, compared across 1,498 high schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · UC fall first-year source records — UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; the all-campus total is reported separately · AP courses the College Board approved, 2025–26 (approved to teach, not enrollment) · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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