Long Beach Unified
Public school district · Los Angeles County · California · NCES district ID 0622500
Long Beach Unified spent $18,419 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 68% of the other California districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $16,855). Its 82 schools enrolled 62,255 students in 2024-25; 62.6% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $21,042 per student, up 14.1% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 83% (California: 86.2%).
NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method
Spending per student among California's largest districts
Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. Among the 10 districts shown, Long Beach Unified ranks 6.
Where the money came from
$1,706,636,000 in revenue: 62.6% state, 24.1% local and 13.3% federal. Total spending including $149,690,000 of capital outlay was $1,472,057,000, or $22,456 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.
- State$1,067,950,000 63%
- Local$411,305,000 24%
- Federal$227,381,000 13%
Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 646 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).
Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25
65,129 students in 2022-23, 63,557 students in 2023-24, 62,255 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.
Teachers and students per teacher
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 65,129 | 2712.6 | 24.0 |
| 2023-24 | 63,557 | 2675.6 | 23.8 |
| 2024-25 | 62,255 | 2619.4 | 23.8 |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.
$363,883,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $5,551 per student
Long Beach Unified booked $363,883,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 2,734 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $133,097 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 93 in 100 California districts with a figure (state median $99,744, 1,149 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average California teacher salary at $87,275 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
| Program | Teacher salaries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Regular programs | $287,328,000 | 79.0% |
| Special education | $64,494,000 | 17.7% |
| Vocational | $7,878,000 | 2.2% |
| Other programs | $4,183,000 | 1.1% |
Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23
The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $4,348 in 2018-19, $4,268 in 2019-20, $4,600 in 2020-21, $5,073 in 2021-22, $5,551 in 2022-23.
Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).
State test results, 2021-22
In 2021-22, the students tested in Long Beach Unified scored proficient or above: 47% in reading and 34% in math, against 45% in reading and 34% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject | This district | California | Students tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts | 47% | 45% | 29,097 |
| Math | 34% | 34% | 29,105 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
83% of the 5,695 students in Long Beach Unified's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This district | California | |
|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 83% | 86.2% |
| Students in the class | 5,695 | 495,492 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
53 elementary schools, 29,807 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muir K-8 | 1,029 | 23.1 | 62.0% | Not reported |
| Cubberley K-8 | 951 | 24.6 | 23.8% | Not reported |
| Grant Elementary | 951 | 28.6 | 74.8% | Not reported |
| Newcomb Academy | 914 | 24.8 | 17.1% | Not reported |
| Longfellow Elementary | 904 | 28.3 | 35.5% | Not reported |
| Tincher Preparatory | 837 | 23.3 | 26.5% | Not reported |
| Lafayette Elementary | 827 | 27.1 | 73.0% | Not reported |
| Henry | 796 | 27.4 | 16.7% | Not reported |
| Roosevelt Elementary | 785 | 25.7 | 85.0% | Not reported |
| Harte Elementary | 749 | 27.2 | 71.2% | Not reported |
| Lincoln Elementary | 742 | 23.8 | 84.1% | Not reported |
| Addams Elementary | 717 | 24.3 | 79.4% | Not reported |
The other 41 elementary schools
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Academy | 708 | 24.9 | 79.4% | Not reported |
| Powell Academy for Success | 706 | 24.4 | 72.1% | Not reported |
| Dooley Elementary | 662 | 27.1 | 79.5% | Not reported |
| Gant Elementary | 657 | 23.5 | 21.9% | Not reported |
| Bobbie Smith Elementary | 635 | 27.0 | 77.8% | Not reported |
| Olivia Nieto Herrera Elementary | 615 | 24.1 | 79.8% | Not reported |
| Lowell Elementary | 609 | 25.5 | 20.4% | Not reported |
| Signal Hill Elementary | 599 | 26.6 | 76.5% | Not reported |
| King Elementary | 598 | 23.5 | 71.9% | Not reported |
| Carver Elementary | 562 | 26.8 | 24.4% | Not reported |
| Bixby Elementary | 548 | 27.4 | 26.3% | Not reported |
| Burbank Elementary | 538 | 26.2 | 75.3% | Not reported |
| Garfield Elementary | 536 | 26.1 | 70.9% | Not reported |
| Willard Elementary | 534 | 28.1 | 71.2% | Not reported |
| Whittier Elementary | 526 | 22.4 | 81.9% | Not reported |
| Jenny Oropeza Elementary | 519 | 24.7 | 75.3% | Not reported |
| Birney Elementary | 501 | 21.8 | 59.9% | Not reported |
| Riley Elementary | 490 | 25.8 | 46.7% | Not reported |
| McKinley Elementary | 475 | 22.1 | 77.5% | Not reported |
| Twain Elementary | 474 | 27.7 | 47.3% | Not reported |
| Prisk Elementary | 469 | 26.8 | 22.2% | Not reported |
| Webster Elementary | 454 | 21.6 | 69.2% | Not reported |
| Los Cerritos Elementary | 453 | 27.5 | 29.4% | Not reported |
| Fremont Elementary | 451 | 28.9 | 33.5% | Not reported |
| Cleveland Elementary | 450 | 26.5 | 24.7% | Not reported |
| Stevenson Elementary | 438 | 28.3 | 82.0% | Not reported |
| Edison Elementary | 426 | 24.3 | 83.6% | Not reported |
| Barton Elementary | 418 | 26.1 | 74.2% | Not reported |
| Burcham Elementary | 412 | 26.6 | 29.4% | Not reported |
| Madison Elementary | 406 | 23.9 | 41.9% | Not reported |
| Alvarado Elementary | 390 | 26.0 | 71.3% | Not reported |
| Holmes Elementary | 378 | 22.1 | 60.8% | Not reported |
| Gompers | 366 | 25.2 | 38.8% | Not reported |
| Bryant Elementary | 364 | 24.3 | 64.3% | Not reported |
| Emerson Parkside Academy | 356 | 20.0 | 18.5% | Not reported |
| Kettering Elementary | 348 | 21.1 | 28.7% | Not reported |
| MacArthur Elementary | 340 | 20.9 | 37.4% | Not reported |
| Naples Elementary | 338 | 25.8 | 25.1% | Not reported |
| Mann Elementary | 320 | 21.3 | 61.3% | Not reported |
| Chavez Elementary | 312 | 19.5 | 67.0% | Not reported |
| Hudson | 224 | 24.9 | 76.8% | Not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
15 middle schools, 12,105 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes Middle | 1,214 | 24.1 | 46.0% | Not reported |
| Stanford Middle | 1,165 | 25.3 | 34.3% | Not reported |
| Jefferson Leadership Academies | 1,004 | 24.5 | 73.3% | Not reported |
| Franklin Classical Middle | 991 | 23.4 | 82.5% | Not reported |
| Marshall Academy of the Arts | 940 | 23.7 | 36.3% | Not reported |
| Washington Middle | 849 | 24.6 | 79.3% | Not reported |
| Jessie Nelson Academy | 832 | 26.0 | 76.0% | Not reported |
| Bancroft Middle | 806 | 22.7 | 43.1% | Not reported |
| Rogers Middle | 773 | 27.8 | 28.1% | Not reported |
| Hamilton Middle | 748 | 21.5 | 77.7% | Not reported |
| Lindsey Academy | 684 | 21.0 | 76.2% | Not reported |
| Stephens Middle | 658 | 18.4 | 69.8% | Not reported |
The other 3 middle schools
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Keller Middle | 515 | 24.3 | 31.1% | Not reported |
| Hoover Middle | 505 | 22.0 | 58.2% | Not reported |
| Lindbergh STEM Academy | 421 | 19.0 | 84.8% | Not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
13 high schools, 19,900 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polytechnic High | 3,890 | 23.3 | 56.0% | Not reported |
| Millikan High | 3,408 | 25.1 | 28.0% | Not reported |
| Wilson High | 3,349 | 22.8 | 50.9% | Not reported |
| Lakewood High | 2,305 | 21.5 | 53.1% | Not reported |
| Jordan High | 2,272 | 21.8 | 69.8% | Not reported |
| Cabrillo High | 1,652 | 19.9 | 68.5% | Not reported |
| Ernest S. McBride Senior High | 682 | 23.5 | 34.8% | Not reported |
| California Academy of Mathematics and Science | 673 | 24.8 | 29.6% | Not reported |
| Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science | 552 | 24.8 | 24.1% | Not reported |
| Renaissance High School for the Arts | 396 | 21.0 | 52.8% | Not reported |
| Richard D. Browning High | 340 | 18.5 | 67.9% | Not reported |
| Educational Partnership High | 331 | 18.4 | 69.8% | Not reported |
One more high school
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reid High | 50 | 7.1 | 68.0% | Not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
1 other school, 443 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon K-12 | 443 | 17.4 | 50.8% | Not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
Contact Long Beach Unified
- Website: lbschools.net
- Phone: (562) 997-8000
- Office: 1515 Hughes Way, Long Beach, CA 90810
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.
What to look at next about Long Beach Unified
- California districts by spending per studentLong Beach Unified ranks 205 of 646 California districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($18,419).#205 of 646
- Every school district in CaliforniaLong Beach Unified is the number 4 by size of 1,991 California districts, with 65,554 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#4 of 1,991
- Fresno UnifiedThe next larger California district: 69,668 students in fall 2022, $20,909 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,909
- Elk Grove UnifiedThe next smaller California district: 62,061 students in fall 2022, $15,921 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,921
- Compare Long Beach Unified with Fresno UnifiedEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
- Polytechnic High, its largest high school3,890 students in 2024-25, 23.3 per teacher.3,890
- Teacher salary spending across CaliforniaLong Beach Unified spent $133,097 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $99,744); spending, not a salary.$133,097
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).
Questions about Long Beach Unified
How many schools and students are in Long Beach Unified?
82 schools were open in 2024-25 (53 elementary, 15 middle, 13 high, 1 other), enrolling 62,255 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.How much does Long Beach Unified spend per student?
$18,419 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the California median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $16,855 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $21,042 per student, up 14.1% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).Where does Long Beach Unified's money come from?
$1,706,636,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 62.6% state, 24.1% local and 13.3% federal (NCES F-33).How many children in Long Beach Unified live in poverty?
The Census Bureau estimates that 10,747 of the 73,958 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 14.5%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.How much does Long Beach Unified spend on teacher salaries?
$363,883,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $5,551 per student. Divided by the 2,734 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $133,097 per teacher, more than 93 in 100 California districts (state median $99,744). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average California teacher salary at $87,275 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).How do students in Long Beach Unified do on state tests?
In 2021-22, the students tested in Long Beach Unified scored proficient or above: 47% in reading and 34% in math, against 45% in reading and 34% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.What is the graduation rate in Long Beach Unified?
83% of the 5,695 students in Long Beach Unified's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.What is Long Beach Unified's NCES district ID?
0622500. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.
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Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25