King Elementary

King Elementary operates as a reasonably sized primary school in Long Beach, California, one of the schools within Long Beach Unified. Current enrollment sits at 598 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

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

Looking at the student body, King Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Beyond that, the school lists 12% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, King Elementary lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 76% of students at King Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, King Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), King Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Powell Academy for Success, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around King Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts King Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.1%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. King Elementary's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 750 (now 598). Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.9:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

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