Bobbie Smith Elementary

Bobbie Smith Elementary, a mid-sized elementary-level community in Long Beach, California, run under Long Beach Unified, works with 635 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Bobbie Smith Elementary sits 37% larger than that benchmark.

Bobbie Smith Elementary is one of 82 schools operated by Long Beach Unified, a district that works with 62,255 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Bobbie Smith Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 12% Asian, 9% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Bobbie Smith Elementary shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bobbie Smith Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.6%, the actual is 30.3%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Bobbie Smith Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Lafayette Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bobbie Smith Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bobbie Smith Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Bobbie Smith Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 857 (now 635). Class-load math has tightened: from 29.0:1 in 2018 to 27.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.