Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 062250002712
Emerson Parkside Academy
2625 Josie Ave., Long Beach, CA 90815 · (562) 420-2631 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
20.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
90 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 78 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
70.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.5pp since 2014
Math
60.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.5% | 30.1% | 13.3% | 16.2% |
| Math | 32.4% | 28.3% | 26.0% | 13.3% |
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 | 70.5% | 60.7% |
| 2023-24 | 74.4% | 67.5% |
| 2022-23 | 70.9% | 63.9% |
| 2021-22 | 71.2% | 52.8% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 66.7% |
| 2018-19 | 76.5% | 64.2% |
| 2017-18 | 75.5% | 63.3% |
| 2016-17 | 70.1% | 64.1% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Emerson Parkside Academy
Emerson Parkside Academy's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Parkside Academy this school | 356 | 25.3% | 68.2% |
| Timber Point Elementary Discovery Bay | 362 | 26.0% | 44.9% |
| Thousand Oaks Elementary Berkeley | 337 | 27.9% | 66.3% |
| Kumeyaay Elementary San Diego | 398 | 26.9% | 70.7% |
| Crestview Elementary Vandenberg Air Force Base | 373 | 28.4% | 47.2% |
| Sycamore Elementary Claremont | 350 | 22.0% | 77.6% |
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 Emerson Parkside Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #732 of 5,151 | #164 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #1,033 of 5,172 ▼ 320 | #243 of 1,129 ▼ 85 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #727 of 5,172 ▼ 237 | #164 of 1,129 ▼ 54 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #2,094 of 5,116 | #560 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #4,221 of 5,915 | #914 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #917 of 5,352 | #283 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #515 of 5,354 | #87 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #4,958 of 5,625 | #1,173 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.6% | #501 of 3,837 | #219 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
356
-28 (-7%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 356 | 17.8 | 20.0:1 | 25% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 17.3 | 19.5:1 | 28% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 16.6 | 20.6:1 | 20% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 17 | 22.6:1 | 26% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 19 | 27.0:1 | 24% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 21 | 29.0:1 | 26% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | N/A | N/A | 31% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 714 | 36 | 19.8:1 | 70% (501) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 28 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emerson Parkside Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (513 to 356); teachers down 6% (19 to 17.8).
About Emerson Parkside Academy
Emerson Parkside Academy is a small elementary school found in Long Beach, California. Federal data show 356 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Long Beach Unified is made up of 82 schools with 62,255 students in all.
White students account for 40% of enrollment at Emerson Parkside Academy, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 31% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 5% Black. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the White share is about 31%. The diversity index for Emerson Parkside Academy is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Emerson Parkside Academy comes to 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 20.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Emerson Parkside Academy counts 25% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Emerson Parkside Academy holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.7% for Emerson Parkside Academy. The school posts 68.2%, 3.5 points above the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
Among nearby public schools, Millikan High is closest at about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 68.2% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 28 students, from 384 to 356. Federal data show the ratio falling from 22.6:1 to 20.0:1.
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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 Long Beach Unified
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 3,890 students
- Millikan HighHigh · 3,408 students
- Wilson HighHigh · 3,349 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 2,305 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 2,272 students
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,652 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
- Millikan High0.3 mi · 3,408
- Prisk Elementary0.6 mi · 469
- Cubberley K-80.8 mi · 951
- Stanford Middle0.8 mi · 1,165
- Marshall Academy of the Arts1.2 mi · 940
- Tincher Preparatory1.2 mi · 837
Frequently asked questions
About Emerson Parkside AcademyHow many students attend Emerson Parkside Academy?
Emerson Parkside Academy enrolls approximately 356 students in grades KG-05.
Is Emerson Parkside Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Emerson Parkside Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Emerson Parkside Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Emerson Parkside Academy is approximately 20.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Emerson Parkside Academy?
Emerson Parkside Academy reports a student body of 40% White, 31% Hispanic, 5% Black, 10% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Emerson Parkside Academy?
Emerson Parkside Academy is overseen by Long Beach Unified in Los Angeles County.
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