Ernest S. McBride Sr. High

Ernest S. McBride Sr. High is one of the small secondary schools in Long Beach, California, part of Long Beach Unified, with 682 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Long Beach Unified comprises 82 schools with combined enrollment of 62,255 students; Ernest S. McBride Sr. High is among them.

Demographically, Ernest S. McBride Sr. High lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% White, 11% Asian, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Ernest S. McBride Sr. High has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ernest S. McBride Sr. High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.5%, the actual is 61.9%, a residual of +6.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Ernest S. McBride Sr. High is one.

Helen Keller Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ernest S. McBride Sr. High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ernest S. McBride Sr. High at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 714 students in 2018 compared to 682 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.