Avalon K-12

Located at 200 Falls Canyon Rd., in Santa Catalina, California, Avalon K-12 is a compact combined-grade school that serves 443 students (grades K through 12), run under Long Beach Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 602 students each, so Avalon K-12 sits 26% leaner than that benchmark.

Long Beach Unified comprises 82 schools with combined enrollment of 62,255 students; Avalon K-12 is among them.

On demographics, Avalon K-12 reports that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 16% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages around 18.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Avalon K-12 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.8%; this one comes in at 18.9%, -25.9 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Avalon K-12 is one.

The closest other public school is Angel's Gate (Continuation), roughly 26.0 miles away. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Avalon K-12 ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.6%.

Avalon K-12 operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 571 students in 2018 compared to 443 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 74% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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