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Enrollment
657
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 062250002715
Gant Elementary
1854 Britton Dr., Long Beach, CA 90815 · (562) 430-3384 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
171 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
75%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
82.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.5pp since 2014
Math
77.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 13 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 | 53.8% | 28.8% | 10.6% | 6.9% |
| Math | 51.9% | 25.9% | 15.6% | 6.6% |
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 | 82.5% | 77.8% |
| 2023-24 | 80.6% | 81.3% |
| 2022-23 | 79.1% | 75.8% |
| 2021-22 | 82.9% | 74.5% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 62.9% |
| 2018-19 | 76.1% | 80.4% |
| 2017-18 | 81.3% | 77.0% |
| 2016-17 | 73.3% | 75.8% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 70.0% |
| 2014-15 | 70.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Gant Elementary
Gant Elementary's state test result (80.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gant Elementary this school | 657 | 26.0% | 80.4% |
| Carver Elementary Long Beach | 562 | 28.3% | 69.3% |
| Bud Rank Elementary Clovis | 656 | 24.8% | 74.5% |
| Temecula Valley Charter Winchester | 596 | 28.0% | N/A |
| Alamos Elementary Murrieta | 799 | 27.7% | 67.8% |
| Leonardo Da Vinci Sacramento | 822 | 26.9% | 58.5% |
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 Gant Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #208 of 5,151 | #48 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #316 of 5,172 ▼ 134 | #69 of 1,129 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #177 of 5,172 ▲ 52 | #44 of 1,129 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #2,867 of 5,116 | #704 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #974 of 5,915 | #174 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #3,338 of 5,352 | #796 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #158 of 5,354 | #22 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #4,927 of 5,625 | #1,163 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.8% | #484 of 1,139 | #80 of 181 |
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
657
+77 (+13%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 675
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 26.4:1
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 | 657 | 28 | 23.5:1 | 26% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 663 | 24.5 | 27.1:1 | 30% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 656 | 24 | 27.3:1 | 22% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 22 | 26.4:1 | 24% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 22.5 | 26.4:1 | 23% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 22 | 26.7:1 | 21% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 654 | N/A | N/A | 17% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 36 | 20.2:1 | 17% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 675 | 26 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gant Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (593 to 657); teachers up 24% (22.5 to 28).
About Gant Elementary
Gant Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Long Beach, California. Total enrollment is 657 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Gant Elementary is part of Long Beach Unified, where 82 schools serve 62,255 students.
The largest group at Gant Elementary is White students, at 33%. It is also 31% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 14% Asian, and 6% Black. Census estimates put Los Angeles County at about 31% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Gant Elementary is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Gant Elementary comes to 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 23.5:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Gant Elementary counts 26% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 64.3%. Gant Elementary posts 80.4%, 16.1 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In Los Angeles County, home to about 9,808,667 people, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Gant Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
Stanford Middle sits about 0.7 miles from Gant Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Gant Elementary is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose 13% over 4 years, reaching 657 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 26.4:1 to 23.5:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for Gant Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Stanford Middle0.7 mi · 1,165
- Prisk Elementary0.8 mi · 469
- Bixby Elementary0.8 mi · 548
- Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science1.0 mi · 552
- Tincher Preparatory1.0 mi · 837
- Emerson Parkside Academy1.2 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Gant ElementaryHow large is Gant Elementary?
Gant Elementary enrolls approximately 657 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Gant Elementary serve?
Gant Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Gant Elementary have?
Gant Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Gant Elementary?
Student demographics at Gant Elementary are roughly 33% White, 31% Hispanic, 6% Black, 14% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Gant Elementary in?
Gant Elementary is part of Long Beach Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.