Gant Elementary

Gant Elementary is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Long Beach, California, overseen by Long Beach Unified, enrolling 657 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

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

Looking at the student body, Gant Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 31% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 14% Asian, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Gant Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gant Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 64.0%; this one delivers 80.8%, a residual of +16.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $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. Gant Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Stanford Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gant Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gant Elementary's enrollment has edged up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 593 (now 657). The White share of enrollment fell from 41% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Gant Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.