Bancroft Middle

Bancroft Middle is one of the middle-of-the-pack intermediate schools in Long Beach, California, overseen by Long Beach Unified, with 806 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Bancroft Middle is one of 82 schools operated by Long Beach Unified, a district that teaches 62,255 students overall.

Demographically, Bancroft Middle shows that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 14% Asian, 14% White, 12% Black, 7% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Bancroft Middle reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.7:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bancroft Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Bancroft Middle is one campus in the mix.

Twain Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bancroft Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bancroft Middle has declined 15%, going from 950 students in 2018 to 806 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 21% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 29.2:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 in 2025.

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