Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science

Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science is a secondary school of compact scale in Long Beach, California, one of the schools within Long Beach Unified, serveing 552 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 34% leaner than the state mean of about 838.

Across the 82 schools in Long Beach Unified (62,255 students total), Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science records that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 25% Asian, 22% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.5%; Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science posts 82.5%, +19.0 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kettering Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 74.7%.

Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science has rose 80%, going from 306 students in 2018 to 552 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 26% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 today.

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