Summary:
ZIP code 90806 has four elementary schools in Long Beach Unified: Lafayette, Bobbie Smith and Birney serve grades K–5, while Robinson Academy serves K–8. In 2025–26, the schools’ unweighted average proficiency was 34% in ELA, 31% in math and 22% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 38% and 36%. The area’s clearest academic challenge is that ELA and science averages lag the state by about 15 and 14 percentage points; math is closer, with a 7-point gap.
Lafayette leads the group in all three all-grades subjects, with 39% in ELA, 39% in math and 28% in science—about 6, 10 and 8 points above the average of the other three schools. Its math result is also about 1 point above the state rate. At the other end, Robinson has the lowest math and science results, at 20% and 13%, respectively, about 18 and 23 points below the state. Bobbie Smith has the lowest all-grades ELA rate, at 32%. Birney shows grade-level strengths: it leads in grade-3 math at 49%, above the state’s 47%, and in grade-4 ELA at 39%.
Recent results are mixed, with a notable drop at Birney: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, its all-grades ELA fell 12 points and math fell 5. Its SchoolDigger statewide ranking also declined from the 53rd to the 35th percentile; Lafayette ranked at the 46th percentile and Robinson at the 15th in 2025–26. Science improved by 12 points at Lafayette and 16 at Bobbie Smith, but declined at the other two schools. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 70% at Birney to 85% at Bobbie Smith; student-teacher ratios ranged from 21.7 to 27.1. These figures do not show a consistent relationship with results. Robinson serves K–8, so its all-grades results are less directly comparable with those of the K–5 schools.
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