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Enrollment
748
Middle
DISTRICT 807 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 062250002719
Hamilton Middle
1060 East 70th St., Long Beach, CA 90805 · (562) 602-0302 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL748 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
633 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 236 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 257 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 255 | 34% |
Student demographics
33%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
39.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.2pp since 2014
Math
13.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.7% | 28.5% | 29.3% | 31.6% |
| Math | 4.5% | 9.4% | 23.7% | 62.4% |
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 | 39.2% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 12.8% |
| 2022-23 | 29.6% | 15.7% |
| 2021-22 | 38.5% | 25.1% |
| 2020-21 | 32.4% | 24.2% |
| 2018-19 | 37.0% | 30.2% |
| 2017-18 | 36.5% | 31.2% |
| 2016-17 | 29.4% | 22.6% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Hamilton Middle
Hamilton Middle's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Middle this school | 748 | 84.6% | 25.7% |
| Washington Middle Long Beach | 849 | 82.3% | 23.6% |
| Rancho Medanos Junior High Pittsburg | 812 | 82.5% | 20.8% |
| Hawthorne Middle Hawthorne | 761 | 90.4% | 35.1% |
| March Middle Moreno Valley | 686 | 87.2% | 22.5% |
| Almeria Middle Fontana | 772 | 82.4% | 21.0% |
Matched among California middle 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 Hamilton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #883 of 1,224 | #191 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,045 of 1,227 ▼ 11 | #230 of 248 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #740 of 1,227 ▼ 10 | #161 of 248 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #63 of 1,214 | #4 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 748 | #508 of 1,377 | #117 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #709 of 1,279 | #160 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.4% | #901 of 1,278 | #160 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.6% | #420 of 1,329 | #154 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #388 of 930 | #113 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
748
-133 (-15%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 1,108
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 748 | 34.9 | 21.5:1 | 85% (633) |
| 2023-24 | 815 | 37.4 | 21.8:1 | 79% (645) |
| 2022-23 | 820 | 36.7 | 22.4:1 | 69% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 881 | 36 | 24.5:1 | 89% (780) |
| 2017-18 | 917 | 35 | 26.2:1 | 88% (807) |
| 2015-16 | 911 | 37 | 24.6:1 | 88% (799) |
| 2010-11 | 1,071 | N/A | N/A | 93% (998) |
| 2000-01 | 1,611 | 75 | 21.5:1 | 92% (1,489) |
| 1990-91 | 1,108 | 43 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (917 to 748); teachers unchanged (35 to 34.9).
About Hamilton Middle
Long Beach, California, is home to Hamilton Middle, a mid-sized middle school. The school enrolls 748 students in grades 6 through 8.
Long Beach Unified has 82 schools; together they serve 62,255 students.
Hamilton Middle is 81% Hispanic by enrollment. The next largest groups are 10% Black, 5% Asian, and 2% Pacific Islander. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 33%.
The school lists 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1. Compared with the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 85% of the student body. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Hamilton Middle is -4.3 points: 25.7% actual, 30.0% predicted.
In Los Angeles County, home to about 9,808,667 people, median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Hamilton Middle among them.
Leona Jackson is about 0.5 miles from Hamilton Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Hamilton Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Hamilton Middle comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Hamilton Middle in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 881 to 748, a 15% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 24.5:1 in 2020-21 to 21.5:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- 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
Other Hamilton Middle schools
11 other US public schools in 11 states are named Hamilton Middle. Hamilton Middle is the 5th largest of the 12.
- Hamilton Middle SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 1,474 students
- Hamilton Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 911 students
- Hamilton MiddleMadison, WI · 790 students
- Hamilton Middle SchoolDENVER, CO · 775 students
- Hamilton Middle SchoolHAMILTON, MI · 707 students
Nearby schools
- Leona Jackson0.5 mi · 517
- Wesley Gaines0.6 mi · 449
- Jordan High0.7 mi · 2,272
- Frank J. Zamboni0.7 mi · 650
- Grant Elementary0.7 mi · 951
- Thurgood Marshall0.9 mi · 51
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Hamilton Middle?
Hamilton Middle enrolls approximately 748 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hamilton Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hamilton Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Hamilton Middle?
Approximately 21.5:1 students per teacher at Hamilton Middle.
What is the student diversity at Hamilton Middle?
Student demographics at Hamilton Middle are roughly 1% White, 81% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Hamilton Middle in?
Hamilton Middle is part of Long Beach Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.