Hudson

Hudson is a compact K-5 school in Long Beach, California, run under Long Beach Unified. The school serves 224 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Hudson sits 52% leaner than that benchmark.

Long Beach Unified runs 82 schools in total, collectively educating 62,255 students. Hudson is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hudson lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment; the rest consists of 23% Black, 14% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Hudson higher than the state norm the norm. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hudson sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.6%; this one delivers 29.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Hudson is one campus in the mix.

Garfield Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hudson at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 68%: 696 students in 2018 compared to 224 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share contracted from 25% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 today.

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