Lindbergh STEM Academy

Lindbergh STEM Academy is one of the modestly sized junior highs in Long Beach, California, operated by Long Beach Unified, with 421 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 36% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Long Beach Unified comprises 82 schools with combined enrollment of 62,255 students; Lindbergh STEM Academy is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lindbergh STEM Academy reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% White. 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 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lindbergh STEM Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.1%; this one delivers 26.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Lindbergh STEM Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Barton Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lindbergh STEM Academy at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lindbergh STEM Academy has ticked down 33%, going from 628 students in 2018 to 421 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 29.2:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

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