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Longfellow Elementary

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Longfellow Elementary ranks 1172 nd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

1172^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 80% of California elementary schools

Summary

Longfellow Elementary is a large, high-performing public school serving 904 students in grades K-5 within the Long Beach Unified School District, consistently earning top marks and ranking in the 80th percentile of all California elementary schools.

The school stands out for its strong and consistent academic results, with student proficiency in English and math significantly exceeding both district and state averages. It is particularly effective in supporting diverse student groups, including students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and those in special education, who perform well above state averages. While the school efficiently uses its resources to achieve these outcomes, it has identified a need to strengthen math support for its fifth graders and to enhance learning for its Asian student population.

Compared to most nearby schools like Addams Elementary or Barton Elementary, Longfellow maintains a much lower rate of chronic absenteeism and achieves stronger academic results even with a moderate level of student economic need. It forms a notable cluster of excellence with the similarly high-achieving Los Cerritos Elementary, which is just over a mile away, demonstrating that exceptional public education is available in this area of Long Beach.

904

Students ?

28.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,506

Per pupil spending ?

40.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3800 Olive Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90807-3577

(562) 595-0308

District: Long Beach Unified

Students who attend Longfellow Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Hughes Middle
High:	Polytechnic High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

41.0%

White:

21.0%

African American:

15.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 73rd percentile in 2015 → 80th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (59% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 20% of California elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 28 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school59%

District avg42%

California avg41%

1,172^nd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 20%▲ up 7 pts since 2015

From top 27% (2015) to top 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

17^th of 53Elementary Schools in the Long Beach Unified

606^th of 1,543Long Beach Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	79.6	1172 of 5857	80.0%	★★★★☆
2024	79.2	1190 of 5869	79.7%	★★★★☆
2023	74.5	1395 of 5859	76.2%	★★★★☆
2022	74.3	1434 of 5883	75.6%	★★★★☆
2021	74.5	333 of 1417	76.5%	★★★★☆
2019	77.2	1285 of 5789	77.8%	★★★★☆
2018	76.4	1298 of 5662	77.1%	★★★★☆
2017	67.7	1668 of 5692	70.7%	★★★★☆
2016	69.6	1543 of 5614	72.5%	★★★★☆
2015	68.9	1543 of 5611	72.5%	★★★★☆
2013	73.2	1422 of 5530	74.3%	★★★★☆
2012	81.9	919 of 5390	82.9%	★★★★☆
2011	88.9	494 of 5377	90.8%	★★★★★
2010	89.4	472 of 5314	91.1%	★★★★★
2009	81.9	893 of 5193	82.8%	★★★★☆
2008	82.1	876 of 5113	82.9%	★★★★☆
2007	85.2	741 of 5113	85.5%	★★★★☆
2006	83.6	799 of 4818	83.4%	★★★★☆
2005	85.0	724 of 4822	85.0%	★★★★☆
2004	80.9	864 of 4809	82.0%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.3	130 of 569	77.2%	★★★★☆
2024	68.8	130 of 593	78.1%	★★★★☆
2023	80.9	87 of 661	86.8%	★★★★☆
2022	74.5	113 of 663	83.0%	★★★★☆
2019	82.1	85 of 747	88.6%	★★★★☆
2018	85.6	56 of 700	92.0%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.5	730 of 1203	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	59.3	623 of 1205	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.3	771 of 1190	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	53.6	680 of 1154	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.7	744 of 1149	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.7	664 of 1071	38.0%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	66.0	490 of 2227	78.0%	★★★★☆
2021	97.7	8 of 293	97.3%	★★★★★
2019	95.2	84 of 2585	96.8%	★★★★★
2018	93.0	121 of 2128	94.3%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	46.1	1411 of 3162	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	73.9	409 of 3311	87.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	77.1	1192 of 5597	78.7%	★★★★☆
2024	76.4	1232 of 5612	78.0%	★★★★☆
2023	72.6	1392 of 5609	75.2%	★★★★☆
2022	72.3	1428 of 5635	74.7%	★★★★☆
2021	74.7	291 of 1267	77.0%	★★★★☆
2019	74.2	1327 of 5492	75.8%	★★★★☆
2018	76.4	1226 of 5413	77.4%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	85.2	530 of 5107	89.6%	★★★★☆
2024	80.6	701 of 5107	86.3%	★★★★☆
2023	78.7	799 of 5087	84.3%	★★★★☆
2022	73.4	998 of 5084	80.4%	★★★★☆
2019	75.8	888 of 4963	82.1%	★★★★☆
2018	76.8	818 of 4830	83.1%	★★★★☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	77.5	47 of 335	86.0%	★★★★☆
2022	80.8	37 of 356	89.6%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	73.9	1054 of 5460	80.7%	★★★★☆
2024	75.6	1026 of 5517	81.4%	★★★★☆
2023	70.0	1236 of 5363	77.0%	★★★★☆
2022	68.6	1233 of 5264	76.6%	★★★★☆
2021	81.3	132 of 1110	88.1%	★★★★☆
2019	70.2	1169 of 5173	77.4%	★★★★☆
2018	74.6	939 of 5084	81.5%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	79.2	1102 of 5628	80.4%	★★★★☆
2024	79.0	1112 of 5643	80.3%	★★★★☆
2023	73.2	1361 of 5638	75.9%	★★★★☆
2022	74.0	1349 of 5663	76.2%	★★★★☆
2021	71.0	333 of 1272	73.8%	★★★★☆
2019	77.3	1204 of 5510	78.1%	★★★★☆
2018	74.5	1303 of 5431	76.0%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	61.7	308 of 718	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.9	262 of 670	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.7	326 of 669	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.2	387 of 610	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	65.1	175 of 445	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.0	209 of 339	38.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	78.8	397 of 2847	86.1%	★★★★☆
2024	70.7	485 of 2635	81.6%	★★★★☆
2023	75.7	374 of 2420	84.5%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	89.5	93 of 2598	96.4%	★★★★★
2024	90.4	80 of 2651	97.0%	★★★★★
2023	78.2	502 of 2661	81.1%	★★★★☆
2022	82.0	374 of 2726	86.3%	★★★★☆
2019	71.9	746 of 2834	73.7%	★★★★☆
2018	75.8	610 of 2737	77.7%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2025)96th percentile+16 vs school

Hispanic (2025)90th percentile+10 vs school

Special Education (2025)86th percentile+6 vs school

Homeless (2023)86th percentile+10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)81st percentile~ school

Male (2025)80th percentile~ school

Female (2025)79th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)78th percentile~ school

African American (2025)77th percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)57th percentile-23 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)55th percentile-24 vs school

Asian (2025)39th percentile-41 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy67%+19 vs state

Mathematics54%+16 vs state

Science50%+17 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Longfellow Elementary	Public	K-5	3800 Olive Ave.	Long Beach	90807	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 595-0308	904	32	28.2	40.8%	190 (21.0%)	141 (15.6%)	371 (41.0%)	107 (11.8%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.4%)	80 (8.8%)	79.6	1172^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	80.0%		79.2	1190^th of 5869 public elementary schools	79.7%	18	50.0		50.0	62.5	68.8	71.7				67.3	53.0	56.9	51.5				53.8							$16,506	$3,162	$13,344
Los Cerritos Elementary	Public	K-5	515 West San Antonio Dr.	Long Beach	90807	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 595-6337	453	17	27.4	36.2%	73 (16.1%)	59 (13.0%)	169 (37.3%)	93 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	58 (12.8%)	88.4	751^st of 5857 public elementary schools	87.2%		81.2	1107^th of 5869 public elementary schools	81.1%	356	59.8		59.8	71.7	62.7	70.7				68.7	68.3	67.8	62.2				65.7							$17,807	$3,458	$14,349
Barton Elementary	Public	K-5	1100 East Del Amo Blvd.	Long Beach	90807	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 428-0555	418	16	26.1	79.7%	14 (3.3%)	107 (25.6%)	222 (53.1%)	50 (12.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.4%)	14 (3.3%)	25.1	4386^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.1%		22.9	4584^th of 5869 public elementary schools	21.9%	198	5.3		5.3	35.5	26.2	29.9				30.7	36.8	29.2	23.7				30.0							$24,164	$4,541	$19,623
Birney Elementary	Public	K-5	710 West Spring St.	Long Beach	90806	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 427-8512	501	23	21.7	70.3%	22 (4.4%)	66 (13.2%)	294 (58.7%)	73 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	32 (6.4%)	47	2764^th of 5857 public elementary schools	52.8%		45.7	2818^th of 5869 public elementary schools	52.0%	54	25.0		25.0	40.3	41.9	50.7				44.3	49.3	32.3	40.8				39.8	95.2	98.1	98.1	97.1	97.1	96.1	$21,433	$4,356	$17,077
Madison Elementary	Public	K-5	2801 Bomberry St.	Lakewood	90712	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 420-7731	406	17	23.8	51.5%	42 (10.3%)	74 (18.2%)	178 (43.8%)	62 (15.3%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.5%)	42 (10.3%)	70.6	1577^th of 5857 public elementary schools	73.1%		67.2	1718^th of 5869 public elementary schools	70.7%	141	36.5		36.5	60.4	64.9	57.7				61.1	60.4	57.9	32.7				50.6	88.3	93.3		95.0	93.3	95.0	$24,922	$5,549	$19,373
Dooley Elementary	Public	K-5	5075 Long Beach Blvd.	Long Beach	90805	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 428-7274	662	24	27.0	87.5%	12 (1.8%)	84 (12.7%)	504 (76.1%)	26 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.4%)	19 (2.9%)	40.4	3186^th of 5857 public elementary schools	45.6%		42.2	3057^th of 5869 public elementary schools	47.9%	129	19.1		19.1	47.7	39.5	43.4				43.4	47.2	29.8	27.2				34.4	95.7	97.8			97.1		$19,576	$3,937	$15,639
Addams Elementary	Public	K-5	5320 Pine Ave.	Long Beach	90805	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 428-0202	717	30	24.3	85.1%	7 (1.0%)	105 (14.6%)	545 (76.0%)	29 (4.0%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.3%)	20 (2.8%)	27.8	4152^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	29.1%		28.9	4032^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	31.3%	120	19.7		19.7	32.5	27.1	40.2				33.2	26.7	24.6	30.3				27.2	96.7						$19,208	$3,855	$15,353
Muir K-8	Public	K-8	3038 Delta Ave.	Long Beach	90810	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 426-5571	1,029	44	23.1	71.0%	16 (1.6%)	115 (11.2%)	706 (68.6%)	141 (13.7%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (1.5%)	35 (3.4%)	46.4	2801^st of 5857 public elementary schools	52.2%		40.5	3153^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	46.3%	352	30.6	26.6	28.7	41.0	38.3	50.5	48.6	49.1	53.2	46.7	46.6	33.0	34.3	29.0	40.4	32.3	35.9	95.9			95.9	98.4	96.7	$20,603	$3,966	$16,637
Lafayette Elementary	Public	K-5	2445 Chestnut Ave.	Long Beach	90806	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 426-7075	827	31	27.1	80.9%	13 (1.6%)	103 (12.5%)	650 (78.6%)	27 (3.3%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	29 (3.5%)	40.1	3215^th of 5857 public elementary schools	45.1%		38.3	3288^th of 5869 public elementary schools	44.0%	73	16.0		16.0	31.7	37.3	42.7				37.2	45.6	38.6	39.6				41.3	94.5			95.1	97.6	97.6	$18,153	$3,633	$14,520
Dominguez Elementary	Public	K-5	21250 Santa Fe Ave.	Carson	90810	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 835-7137	450	20	22.5	86.2%	3 (0.7%)	23 (5.1%)	375 (83.3%)	21 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.4%)	16 (3.6%)	65.6	1815^th of 5857 public elementary schools	69.0%		60.6	2041^st of 5869 public elementary schools	65.2%	226	29.2		29.2	56.1	56.3	60.3				57.5	51.5	54.7	41.5				49.2	95.8	97.5		95.8	95.8	95.8	$22,324	$4,452	$17,872

Frequently Asked Questions about Longfellow Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Longfellow Elementary?

Students at Longfellow Elementary are 41% Hispanic, 21% White, 16% African American, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

How many students attend Longfellow Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 904 students attended Longfellow Elementary.

Is Longfellow Elementary a good school?

Longfellow Elementary ranks 1172^nd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Longfellow Elementary attend?

Students who attend Longfellow Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hughes Middle
High : Polytechnic High

What district is Longfellow Elementary in?

Long Beach Unified

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