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Enrollment
749
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 062250002720
Harte Elementary
1671 East Phillips St., Long Beach, CA 90805 · (562) 428-0333 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL749 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
27.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
580 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 | 153 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
54%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
37.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.9pp since 2014
Math
34.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.8% | 22.1% | 22.7% | 39.4% |
| Math | 13.9% | 20.9% | 26.7% | 38.5% |
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 | 37.9% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 34.4% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 25.7% |
| 2021-22 | 32.5% | 25.4% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 21.0% |
| 2018-19 | 42.7% | 41.6% |
| 2017-18 | 40.5% | 39.1% |
| 2016-17 | 39.9% | 36.0% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Harte Elementary
Harte Elementary's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harte Elementary this school | 749 | 77.4% | 36.8% |
| San Joaquin Elementary Stockton | 711 | 74.8% | 30.2% |
| Maxine Hong Kingston Elementary Stockton | 720 | 75.4% | 25.9% |
| Madison Elementary Stockton | 703 | 79.5% | 16.2% |
| West Wind Elementary Lancaster | 757 | 76.0% | 31.7% |
| Mable Barron Stockton | 657 | 77.0% | 31.6% |
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 Harte Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #2,782 of 5,151 | #685 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #2,768 of 5,172 ▼ 115 | #703 of 1,129 ▼ 54 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #3,136 of 5,172 ▼ 393 | #757 of 1,129 ▼ 113 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.4pp | #1,031 of 5,116 | #338 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 749 | #536 of 5,915 | #95 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.2:1 | #5,161 of 5,352 | #1,167 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #2,454 of 5,354 | #386 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.4% | #2,412 of 5,625 | #754 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #1,780 of 3,837 | #575 of 947 |
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
749
-114 (-13%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 956
Student : Teacher
27.2:1
was 30.8:1
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 | 749 | 27.5 | 27.2:1 | 77% (580) |
| 2023-24 | 761 | 27.5 | 27.7:1 | 79% (601) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 27.5 | 29.2:1 | 69% (554) |
| 2020-21 | 863 | 28 | 30.8:1 | 83% (712) |
| 2017-18 | 902 | 32.1 | 28.1:1 | 90% (811) |
| 2015-16 | 900 | 35 | 25.7:1 | 89% (797) |
| 2010-11 | 973 | N/A | N/A | 91% (886) |
| 2000-01 | 1,240 | 65 | 19.1:1 | 89% (1,108) |
| 1990-91 | 956 | 38 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harte Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (902 to 749); teachers down 14% (32.1 to 27.5).
About Harte Elementary
Harte Elementary is a large elementary school for students in Long Beach, California. Enrolled students number 749 students, in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Harte Elementary is in Long Beach Unified, a district with 62,255 students across 82 schools.
Harte Elementary's enrollment is 65% Hispanic. Other groups include 14% Black, 13% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Harte Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 27.2:1, with 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Harte Elementary is 77%.
Harte Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.8% and a predicted 34.2%.
Harte Elementary is located in Los Angeles County, where median household income is about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Harte Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
Nearby, Lindbergh STEM Academy is about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Harte Elementary ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 863 to 749 over 4 years. Students per teacher fell from 30.8 in 2020-21 to 27.2 in 2024-25.
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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
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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
- Lindbergh STEM Academy0.6 mi · 421
- Grant Elementary0.9 mi · 951
- Barton Elementary1.0 mi · 418
- Jordan High1.2 mi · 2,272
- Addams Elementary1.2 mi · 717
- Odyssey STEM Academy1.3 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Harte ElementaryHow large is Harte Elementary?
Harte Elementary enrolls approximately 749 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Harte Elementary serve?
Harte Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harte Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harte Elementary is approximately 27.2:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Harte Elementary?
Harte Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 65% Hispanic, 14% Black, 13% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Harte Elementary in?
Harte Elementary is part of Long Beach Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.