Chavez Elementary

Chavez Elementary is a cozy elementary school in Long Beach, California, part of Long Beach Unified. The school works with 312 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Long Beach Unified comprises 82 schools with combined enrollment of 62,255 students; Chavez Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Chavez Elementary shows that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 14% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Chavez Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chavez Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Edison Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chavez Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 32.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Chavez Elementary's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 390 (now 312). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 67% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Chavez Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.