Elementary Schools in Long Beach, California: Long Beach schools average 2.1 points above the state — but the range is 56.1 points wide.
Long Beach, California has 45 ranked elementary schools with an average Scope Score of 41.0/100 — 2.1 points above the state average of 38.9. The highest-scoring school is Gant Elementary at 72/100, where 52.7% of students exceed the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment. Long Beach schools average 24.4% exceeded standard (state: 21.4%) — this exceeded-vs-met distinction shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. Of 45 schools, 10 with stronger cohort gains and 2 beyond the standard stand out for their performance profiles. Chronic absenteeism averages 25.1% (above the state average of 17.9%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
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Every school in Long Beach
ranked by Scope Score · 2024–25 CAASPP · levels never mixed
Elementary schools (45 listed)
| # | School | Exceeded | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gant Elementary Long Beach Unified | 52.7% | 95th percentile · StrongScope Score 72/100 |
| 2 | Naples Elementary Long Beach Unified | 55.9% | 93rd percentile · StrongScope Score 69/100 |
| 3 | Prisk Elementary Long Beach Unified | 47.5% | 91st percentile · StrongScope Score 66/100 |
| 4 | Tincher Preparatory Long Beach Unified | 46.4% | 90th percentile · StrongScope Score 65/100 |
| 5 | Newcomb Academy Long Beach Unified | 45.1% | 88th percentile · StrongScope Score 62/100 |
| 6 | Fremont Elementary Long Beach Unified | 41.1% | 87th percentile · StrongScope Score 61/100 |
| 7 | Lowell Elementary Long Beach Unified | 49.6% | 87th percentile · StrongScope Score 60/100 |
| 8 | Henry Long Beach Unified | 37.1% | 86th percentile · StrongScope Score 59/100 |
| 9 | Longfellow Elementary Long Beach Unified | 35.6% | 86th percentile · StrongScope Score 59/100 |
| 10 | Kettering Elementary Long Beach Unified | 40.8% | 86th percentile · StrongScope Score 59/100 |
| 11 | Carver Elementary Long Beach Unified | 41.8% | 85th percentile · StrongScope Score 58/100 |
| 12 | Los Cerritos Elementary Long Beach Unified | 44.4% | 84th percentile · StrongScope Score 57/100 |
| 13 | Burcham Elementary Long Beach Unified | 41.1% | 82nd percentile · StrongScope Score 55/100 |
| 14 | Bixby Elementary Long Beach Unified | 32.2% | 80th percentile · StrongScope Score 53/100 |
| 15 | Emerson Parkside Academy Long Beach Unified | 36.5% | 80th percentile · StrongScope Score 53/100 |
| 16 | Cubberley K-8 Long Beach Unified | 47.0% | 78th percentile · StrongScope Score 52/100 |
| 17 | Lincoln Elementary Long Beach Unified | 23.1% | 70th percentile · SolidScope Score 46/100 |
| 18 | Bryant Elementary Long Beach Unified | 19.1% | 65th percentile · SolidScope Score 43/100 |
| 19 | Burbank Elementary Long Beach Unified | 18.3% | 57th percentile · SolidScope Score 39/100 |
| 20 | McKinley Elementary Long Beach Unified | 15.9% | 54th percentile · SolidScope Score 37/100 |
| 21 | Mann Elementary Long Beach Unified | 17.0% | 52nd percentile · SolidScope Score 37/100 |
| 22 | Garfield Elementary Long Beach Unified | 16.6% | 49th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 36/100 |
| 23 | Harte Elementary Long Beach Unified | 14.9% | 48th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 35/100 |
| 24 | Muir K-8 Long Beach Unified | 19.2% | 47th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 35/100 |
| 25 | Lafayette Elementary Long Beach Unified | 16.7% | 47th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 35/100 |
| 26 | Twain Elementary Long Beach Unified | 21.2% | 43rd percentile · DevelopingScope Score 33/100 |
| 27 | Birney Elementary Long Beach Unified | 19.6% | 42nd percentile · DevelopingScope Score 33/100 |
| 28 | Roosevelt Elementary Long Beach Unified | 8.8% | 37th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 31/100 |
| 29 | Olivia Nieto Herrera Elementary Long Beach Unified | 10.0% | 35th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 30/100 |
| 30 | Addams Elementary Long Beach Unified | 11.3% | 35th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 30/100 |
| 31 | Chavez Elementary Long Beach Unified | 11.5% | 34th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 30/100 |
| 32 | Powell Academy for Success Long Beach Unified | 13.6% | 33rd percentile · DevelopingScope Score 29/100 |
| 33 | Jenny Oropeza Elementary Long Beach Unified | 14.4% | 31st percentile · DevelopingScope Score 29/100 |
| 34 | Stevenson Elementary Long Beach Unified | 13.5% | 30th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 29/100 |
| 35 | Whittier Elementary Long Beach Unified | 10.3% | 29th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 28/100 |
| 36 | Barton Elementary Long Beach Unified | 14.0% | 29th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 28/100 |
| 37 | Webster Elementary Long Beach Unified | 14.9% | 29th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 28/100 |
| 38 | Dooley Elementary Long Beach Unified | 17.9% | 28th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 28/100 |
| 39 | King Elementary Long Beach Unified | 10.0% | 25th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 27/100 |
| 40 | Bobbie Smith Elementary Long Beach Unified | 13.8% | 24th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 26/100 |
| 41 | Grant Elementary Long Beach Unified | 10.8% | 20th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 25/100 |
| 42 | Willard Elementary Long Beach Unified | 10.3% | 20th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 25/100 |
| 43 | Robinson Academy Long Beach Unified | 5.4% | 7th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 18/100 |
| 44 | Edison Elementary Long Beach Unified | 3.8% | 7th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 18/100 |
| 45 | Captain Raymond Collins Paramount Unified | 9.0% | 4th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 16/100 |
Middle schools (15 listed)
| # | School | Exceeded | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helen Keller Middle Long Beach Unified | 28.6% | 81st percentile · StrongScope Score 53/100 |
| 2 | Stanford Middle Long Beach Unified | 31.5% | 80th percentile · StrongScope Score 52/100 |
| 3 | Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach Long Beach Unified | 26.9% | 80th percentile · StrongScope Score 52/100 |
| 4 | Rogers Middle Long Beach Unified | 32.4% | 76th percentile · StrongScope Score 49/100 |
| 5 | Marshall Academy of the Arts Long Beach Unified | 26.5% | 74th percentile · SolidScope Score 48/100 |
| 6 | Bancroft Middle Long Beach Unified | 21.1% | 68th percentile · SolidScope Score 44/100 |
| 7 | Hughes Middle Long Beach Unified | 24.7% | 68th percentile · SolidScope Score 44/100 |
| 8 | Jefferson Leadership Academies Long Beach Unified | 17.0% | 67th percentile · SolidScope Score 44/100 |
| 9 | Stephens Middle Long Beach Unified | 16.9% | 55th percentile · SolidScope Score 39/100 |
| 10 | Lindbergh STEM Academy Long Beach Unified | 7.5% | 35th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 30/100 |
| 11 | Lindsey Academy Long Beach Unified | 8.3% | 24th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 25/100 |
| 12 | Franklin Classical Middle Long Beach Unified | 9.7% | 19th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 23/100 |
| 13 | Rancho Dominguez Preparatory Los Angeles Unified | 9.9% | 19th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 23/100 |
| 14 | Washington Middle Long Beach Unified | 6.2% | 17th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 23/100 |
| 15 | Hamilton Middle Long Beach Unified | 7.6% | 7th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 18/100 |
High schools (15 listed)
| # | School | Exceeded | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science Long Beach Unified | 64.3% | 99th percentile · StrongScope Score 93/100 |
| 2 | Ernest S. McBride, Sr. High Long Beach Unified | 32.6% | 89th percentile · StrongScope Score 75/100 |
| 3 | Renaissance High School for the Arts Long Beach Unified | 26.2% | 75th percentile · StrongScope Score 66/100 |
| 4 | Millikan High Long Beach Unified | 20.6% | 63rd percentile · SolidScope Score 61/100 |
| 5 | Polytechnic High Long Beach Unified | 17.0% | 39th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 52/100 |
| 6 | Richard D. Browning High Long Beach Unified | 11.2% | 30th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 49/100 |
| 7 | Wilson High Long Beach Unified | 15.4% | 25th percentile · DevelopingScope Score 48/100 |
| 8 | Intellectual Virtues Academy Los Angeles County Office of Education | 7.1% | 14th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 44/100 |
| 9 | Jordan High Long Beach Unified | 6.4% | 11th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 41/100 |
| 10 | Cabrillo High Long Beach Unified | 7.2% | 10th percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 41/100 |
| 11 | Educational Partnership High Long Beach Unified | 3.8% | bottom percentile · Needs SupportScope Score 15/100 |
| 12 | College Bridge Academy Inyo County Office of Education alternative school | 0.9% | 9th percentile · Needs SupportWithin its own school classScope Score 10/100 |
| 13 | The Education Corps Inyo County Office of Education alternative school | 0.0% | bottom percentile · Needs SupportWithin its own school classScope Score 7/100 |
| 14 | Reid High Long Beach Unified continuation high school | 0.0% | bottom percentile · Needs SupportWithin its own school classScope Score 6/100 |
| Clear Passage Educational Center Long Beach Unified alternative school | 6.3% | Not ranked |
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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.
Elementary school patterns in Long Beach
Counted across the 45 elementary schools listed above. A school may appear in more than one count; these are not slices of a total. No finding does not imply no potential. Definitions and limits →
Private Schools in Long Beach
Private schools don't participate in California's standardized testing (CAASPP) and cannot be scored or ranked. Showing enrollment, student-teacher ratio, and affiliation where available.
Numbers tell you whether students are clearing the bar. A school visit tells you whether they're happy doing it. These metrics are intentionally missing from the Scope Score: class sizes and student-teacher interaction quality; arts, music, athletics, and enrichment programs; teacher experience and turnover; campus safety and social-emotional support; parent and community engagement; quality of special education and gifted programs; how school zones and enrollment boundaries affect access. Full methodology