Jefferson Leadership Academies

Jefferson Leadership Academies is a sprawling 6-8 campus in Long Beach, California, overseen by Long Beach Unified. The school hosts 1,004 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Jefferson Leadership Academies sits 52% above that benchmark.

Jefferson Leadership Academies is one of 82 schools operated by Long Beach Unified, a district that instructs 62,255 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Jefferson Leadership Academies shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% Black, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Jefferson Leadership Academies higher than the state norm the norm. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Jefferson Leadership Academies sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 40.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Jefferson Leadership Academies is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Fremont Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Leadership Academies comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Jefferson Leadership Academies's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,105 (now 1,004). Class-load math has pulled in: from 29.5:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 in 2025.

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