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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARAMOUNT UNIFIED·NCES 062985004645
Captain Raymond Collins
6125 Coke St., Long Beach, CA 90805 · (562) 602-8008 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
493 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
26.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.2pp since 2014
Math
20.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.7% | 15.5% | 25.8% | 48.0% |
| Math | 7.2% | 13.6% | 26.4% | 52.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.2% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 18.3% |
| 2022-23 | 23.6% | 17.6% |
| 2021-22 | 25.7% | 15.3% |
| 2020-21 | 16.3% | 10.7% |
| 2018-19 | 30.7% | 24.3% |
| 2017-18 | 30.6% | 20.9% |
| 2016-17 | 28.7% | 23.5% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 19.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Captain Raymond Collins
Captain Raymond Collins's state test result (22.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Raymond Collins this school | 522 | 94.4% | 22.8% |
| Joshua Elementary Lancaster | 688 | 90.8% | 7.9% |
| Hillcrest Drive Elementary Los Angeles | 486 | 97.3% | 20.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary Lancaster | 738 | 93.1% | 22.1% |
| El Dorado Elementary Lancaster | 766 | 95.0% | 16.5% |
| Crestline Elementary Barstow | 371 | 91.1% | 7.0% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Captain Raymond Collins ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #4,300 of 5,151 | #1,035 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #4,225 of 5,172 ▲ 131 | #1,032 of 1,129 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #4,361 of 5,172 ▼ 134 | #1,033 of 1,129 ▼ 42 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,295 of 5,116 | #591 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #2,183 of 5,915 | #438 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #2,001 of 5,352 | #567 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #1,771 of 5,354 | #266 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #512 of 5,625 | #247 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #3,019 of 3,837 | #806 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
522
-60 (-10%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 720
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 22.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 522 | 24 | 21.8:1 | 94% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 23 | 22.9:1 | 95% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 25 | 21.6:1 | 92% (496) |
| 2020-21 | 582 | 26 | 22.4:1 | 94% (545) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 25 | 22.6:1 | 91% (516) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 22 | 24.9:1 | 92% (505) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | N/A | N/A | 87% (547) |
| 2000-01 | 807 | 38 | 21.2:1 | 66% (531) |
| 1990-91 | 720 | 28 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Captain Raymond Collins.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (564 to 522); teachers down 4% (25 to 24).
About Captain Raymond Collins
Captain Raymond Collins is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Long Beach, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 522 students.
Paramount Unified operates 19 schools. Combined enrollment is 11,623 students.
A majority of students at Captain Raymond Collins, 51%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 36% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is close to the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Captain Raymond Collins belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Its 24 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 21.8:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 94%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
The allk12 Grade for Captain Raymond Collins is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 24% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Captain Raymond Collins would score about 24.2%. It scores 22.8%, 1.4 points below that figure.
Among Los Angeles County residents, median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
Buena Vista High is located about 0.6 miles from Captain Raymond Collins. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 40.3%, higher than Captain Raymond Collins's 22.8%.
In the federal locale system, Captain Raymond Collins is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Captain Raymond Collins had 582 students in 2020-21 and 522 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Captain Raymond Collins. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paramount Unified
- Paramount HighHigh · 3,400 students
- HollydaleElementary · 794 students
- Alondra MiddleMiddle · 735 students
- Frank J. ZamboniMiddle · 650 students
- Paramount Park MiddleMiddle · 551 students
- Leona JacksonMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Long Beach
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 3,890 students
- Millikan HighHigh · 3,408 students
- Wilson HighHigh · 3,349 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 2,272 students
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Hughes MiddleMiddle · 1,214 students
Nearby schools
- Buena Vista High0.6 mi · 180
- Odyssey STEM Academy0.6 mi · 336
- Bellflower Alternative Education Center0.8 mi · 9
- Craig Williams Elementary0.8 mi · 478
- Intensive Learning Center0.9 mi · 646
- McKinley Elementary1.1 mi · 475
Frequently asked questions
About Captain Raymond CollinsHow many students attend Captain Raymond Collins?
Captain Raymond Collins enrolls approximately 522 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Captain Raymond Collins serve?
Captain Raymond Collins serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Captain Raymond Collins have?
Captain Raymond Collins employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Captain Raymond Collins?
Student demographics at Captain Raymond Collins are roughly 2% White, 51% Hispanic, 36% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Captain Raymond Collins public or private?
Captain Raymond Collins is a public K-12 school, overseen by Paramount Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.