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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 062250009568
Jenny Oropeza Elementary
700 Locust Ave., Long Beach, CA 90813 · (562) 436-4420 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
416 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 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
41%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
39.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.6pp since 2014
Math
31.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.4% | 21.2% | 20.0% | 40.4% |
| Math | 10.5% | 21.4% | 27.0% | 41.1% |
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 | 39.6% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 31.1% |
| 2022-23 | 32.4% | 22.8% |
| 2021-22 | 33.1% | 18.9% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 18.1% |
| 2018-19 | 48.8% | 45.5% |
| 2017-18 | 39.8% | 41.3% |
| 2016-17 | 32.2% | 34.4% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Jenny Oropeza Elementary
Jenny Oropeza Elementary's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Oropeza Elementary this school | 519 | 80.2% | 36.0% |
| Glenwood Elementary Sacramento | 481 | 81.7% | 18.1% |
| Aspire Richmond Technology Academy Richmond | 586 | 82.9% | N/A |
| Burbank Elementary Long Beach | 538 | 81.8% | 40.1% |
| Heights Elementary Pittsburg | 547 | 83.4% | 31.1% |
| Parkside Elementary Pittsburg | 565 | 83.5% | 21.9% |
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 Jenny Oropeza Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #2,860 of 5,151 | #712 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #3,033 of 5,172 ▼ 69 | #790 of 1,129 ▼ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #2,964 of 5,172 ▼ 398 | #714 of 1,129 ▼ 112 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.7pp | #653 of 5,116 | #241 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #2,207 of 5,915 | #443 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,254 of 5,352 | #961 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #3,393 of 5,354 | #592 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.2% | #2,177 of 5,625 | #693 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.7% | #492 of 3,837 | #216 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
519
-143 (-22%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 25.5:1
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 | 519 | 21 | 24.7:1 | 80% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 21.8 | 24.9:1 | 77% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 23 | 25.4:1 | 72% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 662 | 26 | 25.5:1 | 80% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 749 | 30 | 25.0:1 | 92% (687) |
| 2015-16 | 835 | 30 | 27.8:1 | 83% (689) |
| 2010-11 | 731 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 42 | 18.2:1 | 99% (754) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 19 | 27.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jenny Oropeza Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (749 to 519); teachers down 30% (30 to 21).
About Jenny Oropeza Elementary
Jenny Oropeza Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, located in Long Beach. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 519 students.
Jenny Oropeza Elementary is run by Long Beach Unified, whose 82 schools enroll 62,255 students.
More than half of enrollment at Jenny Oropeza Elementary is Hispanic: 76%. The next largest groups are 12% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 2% White. The school's Hispanic share is 27 points above the 48% share among Los Angeles County residents. The diversity index for Jenny Oropeza Elementary is 41%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Jenny Oropeza Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 24.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 80% at Jenny Oropeza Elementary. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 10 points.
Among California public elementary schools, Jenny Oropeza Elementary outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Jenny Oropeza Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.0% and a predicted 32.6%.
In Los Angeles County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Jenny Oropeza Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Renaissance High School for the Arts, is the closest to Jenny Oropeza Elementary. Jenny Oropeza Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 36.0% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 22% decline, from 662 to 519.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About Jenny Oropeza ElementaryHow many students attend Jenny Oropeza Elementary?
Jenny Oropeza Elementary enrolls approximately 519 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Jenny Oropeza Elementary serve?
Jenny Oropeza Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jenny Oropeza Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jenny Oropeza Elementary is approximately 24.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jenny Oropeza Elementary?
Jenny Oropeza Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 76% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Jenny Oropeza Elementary public or private?
Jenny Oropeza Elementary 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.