Schools in Zip Code 90755

Zip code 90755 has three schools in Long Beach Unified, serving 1,821 students across two K–5 elementary schools and one grades 6–8 middle school: Jessie Nelson Academy, Signal Hill Elementary, and Alvarado Elementary. The clearest area-wide concern is science: the schools’ equally weighted average is 28% proficient, compared with 36% statewide, and all three schools’ reported results are below the state figure.

Alvarado has the strongest reported all-grades elementary results, at 57% in ELA and 46% in math; it leads Signal Hill by 6 points in ELA, 2 in math, and 11 in science. Jessie Nelson has the lowest reported ELA and math results, at 42% and 27%, while Signal Hill has the lowest science result, at 19%. The schools’ average ELA and math results are about 50% and 39%, slightly above the state’s 49% and 38%; the science average is the notable shortfall. In matched elementary grades, Alvarado leads in ELA in grades 3 and 4 and math in grades 3 and 5, but Signal Hill leads in grade 5 ELA and grade 4 math. All-grades comparisons are not strictly like-for-like because Jessie serves grades 6–8 while the other schools serve K–5, and their science results cover different grades.

Recent results and rankings tell different stories: Jessie improved in all three subjects over the two score years, while both elementary schools declined in all three. Meanwhile, SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Jessie rose from 34 to 45 over three years; Signal Hill’s fell from 68 to 58, and Alvarado’s from 77 to 66. Enrollment ranges from 390 at Alvarado to 832 at Jessie, and 2024–2025 student–teacher ratios are similar, from 25.9:1 to 26.6:1. The reported 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares are 79% at Alvarado, 86% at Signal Hill, and 81% at Jessie. Alvarado also has the highest 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism, at 29%, versus 24% at Signal Hill, 23% at Jessie, and 18% statewide.