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Enrollment
1,004
Middle
DISTRICT 807 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 062250002727
Jefferson Leadership Academies
750 Euclid Ave., Long Beach, CA 90804 · (562) 438-9904 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,004 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
798 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 | 335 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 332 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 337 | 34% |
Student demographics
49%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
56.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +25.0pp since 2014
Math
30.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 25 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.1% | 35.9% | 21.1% | 22.8% |
| Math | 13.9% | 16.3% | 25.7% | 44.1% |
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 | 56.0% | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 29.2% |
| 2022-23 | 50.5% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.3% | 24.9% |
| 2020-21 | 42.5% | 25.6% |
| 2018-19 | 54.1% | 38.0% |
| 2017-18 | 41.0% | 29.9% |
| 2016-17 | 33.1% | 22.1% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Jefferson Leadership Academies
Jefferson Leadership Academies's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Leadership Academies this school | 1,004 | 79.5% | 41.5% |
| Hillview Junior High Pittsburg | 893 | 81.2% | 19.9% |
| Will Rogers Middle Lawndale | 799 | 81.4% | 37.9% |
| Bancroft Middle San Leandro | 948 | 79.0% | 26.0% |
| Grange Middle Fairfield | 944 | 86.5% | 17.1% |
| Rancho Cucamonga Middle Rancho Cucamonga | 770 | 82.2% | 25.6% |
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 Jefferson Leadership Academies ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #482 of 1,224 | #112 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #595 of 1,227 ▼ 26 | #131 of 248 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #378 of 1,227 ▲ 49 | #84 of 248 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #181 of 1,214 | #65 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,004 | #193 of 1,377 | #55 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #1,136 of 1,279 | #250 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #670 of 1,278 | #104 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #559 of 1,329 | #188 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #686 of 930 | #166 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
1,004
-28 (-3%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 952
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 1,004 | 41 | 24.5:1 | 79% (798) |
| 2023-24 | 1,005 | 41 | 24.5:1 | 77% (774) |
| 2022-23 | 997 | 40.6 | 24.5:1 | 71% (706) |
| 2020-21 | 1,032 | 41 | 25.2:1 | 85% (875) |
| 2017-18 | 1,105 | 37.5 | 29.5:1 | 87% (956) |
| 2015-16 | 1,108 | 38 | 29.2:1 | 89% (988) |
| 2010-11 | 881 | N/A | N/A | 91% (802) |
| 2000-01 | 1,089 | 55 | 19.8:1 | 89% (970) |
| 1990-91 | 952 | 39 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Leadership Academies.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,105 to 1,004); teachers up 9% (37.5 to 41).
About Jefferson Leadership Academies
Jefferson Leadership Academies is a large middle school in Long Beach, California, under Long Beach Unified. Its enrollment is 1,004 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in California, the average enrollment is about 659.
Long Beach Unified counts 62,255 students in its 82 schools, and Jefferson Leadership Academies is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at Jefferson Leadership Academies is Hispanic: 69%. Next come 15% Black, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% White. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Jefferson Leadership Academies scores 49%.
Jefferson Leadership Academies has a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California, 20.7:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 79% at Jefferson Leadership Academies. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Jefferson Leadership Academies holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of California public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Jefferson Leadership Academies is 8.6 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 41.5% actual, 33.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In the wider Los Angeles County area, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Fremont Elementary, is about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Jefferson Leadership Academies ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Jefferson Leadership Academies is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment was 1,004 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,032.
Jefferson Leadership Academies has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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Other schools in Long Beach
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 3,890 students
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- Wilson HighHigh · 3,349 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 2,272 students
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Hughes MiddleMiddle · 1,214 students
Nearby schools
- Fremont Elementary0.4 mi · 451
- Wilson High0.5 mi · 3,349
- Willard Elementary0.5 mi · 534
- Bryant Elementary0.6 mi · 364
- Mann Elementary0.7 mi · 320
- Burbank Elementary0.9 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Leadership AcademiesHow large is Jefferson Leadership Academies?
Jefferson Leadership Academies enrolls approximately 1,004 students in grades 06-08.
Is Jefferson Leadership Academies an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Leadership Academies is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Leadership Academies?
Approximately 24.5:1 students per teacher at Jefferson Leadership Academies.
How diverse is Jefferson Leadership Academies?
Jefferson Leadership Academies reports a student body of 3% White, 69% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Leadership Academies public or private?
Jefferson Leadership Academies is a public K-12 school, overseen by Long Beach Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.