Holmes Elementary

Holmes Elementary is one of the compact primary schools in Lakewood, California, overseen by Long Beach Unified, with 378 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Across the 82 schools in Long Beach Unified (62,255 students total), Holmes Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Holmes Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 26% Black, 13% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.1:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 71% of students at Holmes Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Holmes Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 37.1%; actual is 59.7%, +22.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Holmes Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Riley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Holmes Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Holmes Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.9%.

Holmes Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Holmes Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 386 (now 378). The Black share of enrollment fell from 36% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Holmes Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.