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Long Beach Unified schools

Long Beach Unified has public schools at every stage: 53 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score, 22 of 2,529 middle and 13 of 1,498 high. Every stage has schools in all four bands, Strong to Needs Support (spring 2026 tests; high schools, spring 2025).

Elementary · 53 schools

from 4th to 94th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Tincher Preparatory: 94th percentile, Strong
  • Gant Elementary: 93rd percentile, Strong
  • Prisk Elementary: 93rd percentile, Strong
  • Naples Elementary: 91st percentile, Strong
  • Kettering Elementary: 88th percentile, Strong
  • Longfellow Elementary: 87th percentile, Strong
  • Carver Elementary: 87th percentile, Strong
  • Newcomb Academy: 86th percentile, Strong
  • Cleveland Elementary: 83rd percentile, Strong
  • Lowell Elementary: 83rd percentile, Strong
  • Fremont Elementary: 82nd percentile, Strong
  • Los Cerritos Elementary: 82nd percentile, Strong
  • Emerson Parkside Academy: 80th percentile, Strong
  • Cubberley K-8: 79th percentile, Strong
  • Burcham Elementary: 79th percentile, Strong
  • Madison Elementary: 78th percentile, Strong
  • Henry: 78th percentile, Strong
  • Riley Elementary: 74th percentile, Solid
  • MacArthur Elementary: 73rd percentile, Solid
  • Gompers: 72nd percentile, Solid
  • Holmes Elementary: 70th percentile, Solid
  • Lincoln Elementary: 66th percentile, Solid
  • Bixby Elementary: 66th percentile, Solid
  • Signal Hill Elementary: 62nd percentile, Solid
  • Alvarado Elementary: 56th percentile, Solid
  • McKinley Elementary: 55th percentile, Solid
  • Garfield Elementary: 54th percentile, Solid
  • Twain Elementary: 48th percentile, Developing
  • Webster Elementary: 46th percentile, Developing
  • Lafayette Elementary: 46th percentile, Developing
  • Olivia Nieto Herrera Elementary: 45th percentile, Developing
  • Burbank Elementary: 44th percentile, Developing
  • Mann Elementary: 43rd percentile, Developing
  • Addams Elementary: 39th percentile, Developing
  • Stevenson Elementary: 38th percentile, Developing
  • Muir K-8: 33rd percentile, Developing
  • Chavez Elementary: 30th percentile, Developing
  • Dooley Elementary: 27th percentile, Developing
  • Birney Elementary: 26th percentile, Developing
  • Whittier Elementary: 25th percentile, Developing
  • Harte Elementary: 25th percentile, Developing
  • Bobbie Smith Elementary: 23rd percentile, Needs Support
  • Barton Elementary: 16th percentile, Needs Support
  • King Elementary: 16th percentile, Needs Support
  • Bryant Elementary: 14th percentile, Needs Support
  • Roosevelt Elementary: 14th percentile, Needs Support
  • Willard Elementary: 14th percentile, Needs Support
  • Grant Elementary: 11th percentile, Needs Support
  • Jenny Oropeza Elementary: 10th percentile, Needs Support
  • Robinson Academy: 10th percentile, Needs Support
  • Powell Academy for Success: 8th percentile, Needs Support
  • Avalon K-12: 7th percentile, Needs Support
  • Edison Elementary: 4th percentile, Needs Support
12Needs Support
14Developing
10Solid
17Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 22 schools

from 3rd to 94th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Newcomb Academy: 94th percentile, Strong
  • Helen Keller Middle: 88th percentile, Strong
  • Rogers Middle: 86th percentile, Strong
  • Tincher Preparatory: 85th percentile, Strong
  • Cubberley K-8: 83rd percentile, Strong
  • Marshall Academy of the Arts: 76th percentile, Strong
  • Hughes Middle: 75th percentile, Strong
  • Stanford Middle: 72nd percentile, Solid
  • Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach: 71st percentile, Solid
  • Bancroft Middle: 70th percentile, Solid
  • Jefferson Leadership Academies: 62nd percentile, Solid
  • Stephens Middle: 55th percentile, Solid
  • Muir K-8: 51st percentile, Solid
  • Powell Academy for Success: 39th percentile, Developing
  • Jessie Nelson Academy: 36th percentile, Developing
  • Washington Middle: 30th percentile, Developing
  • Franklin Classical Middle: 27th percentile, Developing
  • Lindbergh STEM Academy: 27th percentile, Developing
  • Lindsey Academy: 26th percentile, Developing
  • Robinson Academy: 24th percentile, Needs Support
  • Hamilton Middle: 13th percentile, Needs Support
  • Avalon K-12: 3rd percentile, Needs Support
3Needs Support
6Developing
6Solid
7Strong

High · 13 schools

from bottom 1% to 99th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • California Academy of Mathematics and Science: 99th percentile, Strong
  • Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science: 99th percentile, Strong
  • Ernest S. McBride, Sr. High: 89th percentile, Strong
  • Renaissance High School for the Arts: 75th percentile, Strong
  • Millikan High: 63rd percentile, Solid
  • Polytechnic High: 38th percentile, Developing
  • Richard D. Browning High: 30th percentile, Developing
  • Lakewood High: 29th percentile, Developing
  • Wilson High: 25th percentile, Developing
  • Jordan High: 11th percentile, Needs Support
  • Cabrillo High: 10th percentile, Needs Support
  • Avalon K-12: 9th percentile, Needs Support
  • Educational Partnership High: bottom 1%, Needs Support
4Needs Support
4Developing
1Solid
4Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 7 of the 80 ranked schools teach more than one level, 1 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 80 ranked schools
  • 2 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around Long Beach Unified

82 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Long Beach Unified score highest?

Tincher Preparatory is highest, at the 94th percentile.

That’s higher than 94 in 100 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Long Beach Unified

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

  • Tincher PreparatoryLong Beach · Broad base · Grade-to-grade gains
    94thStrongScope Score 72
  • Gant ElementaryLong Beach · High ceiling · Broad base
    93rdStrongScope Score 72
  • Prisk ElementaryLong Beach · High ceiling · Broad base · Grade-to-grade gains
    93rdStrongScope Score 71
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Context

The average elementary school in Long Beach Unified had 24 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

Middle schools

Which middle schools in Long Beach Unified score highest?

Newcomb Academy is highest, at the 94th percentile.

That’s higher than 94 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Long Beach Unified

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

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Context

The average middle school in Long Beach Unified had 23 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Which high schools in Long Beach Unified score highest?

California Academy of Mathematics and Science and Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science are highest, both at the 99th percentile.

That’s higher than 99 in 100 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Long Beach Unified

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

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Context

The average high school in Long Beach Unified had 32 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

2 high schools not ranked statewide

Continuation schools and alternative schools enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with schools of its kind.

The district

Where does Long Beach Unified’s money go?

Long Beach Unified spent $21,199 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Long Beach Unified dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction60%
  • Instruction support13%
  • Student services11%
  • Administration5%
  • Buildings & maintenance10%
  • Other1%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

The district’s plan

Every California district publishes a yearly plan, the LCAP: its goals and what it will spend to reach them. Search it for a program, grade or student group you care about.

Sources: Plans (California School Dashboard) ↗

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 62,947 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 59%2. Black or African American: 12%3. White: 12%4. Asian: 7%5. Two or more races: 6%6. Filipino: 3%7. Pacific Islander: <1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Not reported: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino59%
  2. Black or African American12%
  3. White12%
  4. Asian7%
  5. Two or more races6%
  6. Filipino3%
  7. Pacific Islander<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Not reported<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

60%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 37,592 of 62,558 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

The state is giving Long Beach Unified extra help in 2026, the second year after it qualified on the 2025 Dashboard.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 45% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (3,165 of 7,091 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

9 schools getting state support, 2025–26

2 in most intensive support · 1 in extra targeted support · 6 in targeted support

This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Cities in the district

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Districts nearby

Common questions

Which public schools in Long Beach Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Tincher Preparatory, 94th percentile (Strong). Middle: Newcomb Academy, 94th percentile (Strong). High: 2 schools at the 99th percentile (Strong): California Academy of Mathematics and Science and Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science. Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Long Beach Unified district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in Long Beach Unified good?

Long Beach Unified’s 53 public elementary schools run from the 4th to the 94th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 17 Strong, 10 Solid, 14 Developing and 12 Needs Support. Long Beach Unified’s 22 public middle schools run from the 3rd to the 94th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 7 Strong, 6 Solid, 6 Developing and 3 Needs Support. Long Beach Unified’s 13 public high schools run from the bottom 1% to the 99th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 4 Strong, 1 Solid, 4 Developing and 4 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in Long Beach Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Long Beach Unified had 24 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in Long Beach Unified had 23 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Long Beach Unified had 32 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does Long Beach Unified spend per student?

Long Beach Unified spent $21,199 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Long Beach Unified dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by Long Beach Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

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