Grant Elementary

Grant Elementary is an elementary-level community of high-enrollment scale in Long Beach, California, run under Long Beach Unified, works with 951 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 105% above the state mean of about 465.

Grant Elementary is one of 82 schools operated by Long Beach Unified, a district that caters to 62,255 students overall.

On demographics, Grant Elementary records that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 11% Black, 7% Asian, 2% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Grant Elementary reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 28.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grant Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.6%; this one delivers 30.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that 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%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Grant Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jordan High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grant Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 31.0%.

Grant Elementary operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 1,074 students in 2018 compared to 951 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 26.2:1 in 2018 to 28.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.