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Longfellow Elementary

Long Beach Unified Long Beach Los Angeles County 90807
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,800 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
961 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
30:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
39%
Teachers
32 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 42.7%
White 21.5%
Asian 7.2%
Black 14.5%
Other 14.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Longfellow Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard35.5%
Met Standard25.1%
Below Standard39.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "61% proficient" for Longfellow Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

35.5% of students exceeded standard while 25.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 14.6 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 10.7 points above the Long Beach Unified district average of 24.8%. Compared to the 22 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 16.3 points higher (vs 19.2% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 3.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 16.7%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
35.5%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
60.7%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+3.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
16.7%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.4%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,800
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 168 37.5% 25.0% 20.8% 16.7% 62.5%
4th 144 41.7% 27.1% 16.7% 14.6% 68.8%
5th 138 45.6% 26.1% 10.1% 18.1% 71.7%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 168 26.2% 26.8% 23.8% 23.2% 53.0%
4th 144 27.8% 29.2% 29.9% 13.2% 56.9%
5th 138 34.8% 16.7% 28.3% 20.3% 51.5%