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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMPTON UNIFIED·NCES 060962000989
Longfellow Elementary
1101 South Dwight St., Compton, CA 90220 · (310) 898-6460 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
399 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 39% larger than its 8th grade class (46).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
41.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.3pp since 2014
Math
28.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.3% | 30.0% | 26.0% | 32.7% |
| Math | 10.0% | 18.1% | 24.8% | 47.2% |
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 | 41.3% | 28.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.8% | 26.2% |
| 2022-23 | 35.7% | 24.2% |
| 2021-22 | 29.6% | 21.9% |
| 2018-19 | 33.9% | 33.5% |
| 2017-18 | 33.5% | 28.9% |
| 2016-17 | 27.6% | 24.1% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Longfellow Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Elementary this school | 450 | 88.7% | 31.7% |
| New Heights Charter Los Angeles | 394 | 87.6% | N/A |
| TEAM Charter Stockton | 511 | 85.7% | N/A |
| Ronald E. McNair Elementary Compton | 358 | 88.5% | 53.1% |
| Scholarship Prep - South Bay Wilmington | 421 | 92.2% | N/A |
| York Hawthorne | 449 | 91.1% | 40.7% |
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 Longfellow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #3,303 of 5,151 | #827 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #3,411 of 5,172 ▲ 75 | #881 of 1,129 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #2,791 of 5,172 ▲ 906 | #676 of 1,129 ▲ 206 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #753 of 5,116 | #268 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #3,030 of 5,915 | #620 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,447 of 5,352 | #1,006 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.6% | #3,577 of 5,354 | #639 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.7% | #1,255 of 5,625 | #491 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #2,388 of 3,837 | #683 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
450
-99 (-18%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 742
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 26.1:1
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 | 450 | 18 | 25.0:1 | 89% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 18.9 | 25.1:1 | 94% (447) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 18.5 | 27.7:1 | 67% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 21 | 26.1:1 | 90% (495) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 19 | 27.0:1 | 90% (460) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 20 | 22.3:1 | 89% (395) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | N/A | N/A | 85% (472) |
| 2000-01 | 888 | 41 | 21.7:1 | 97% (857) |
| 1990-91 | 742 | 26 | 28.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (513 to 450); teachers down 5% (19 to 18).
About Longfellow Elementary
Longfellow Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, with an address in Compton. The school's 450 students are in kindergarten through 8.
Besides Longfellow Elementary, Compton Unified runs 35 other schools. The district enrolls 16,304 students.
By race and ethnicity, Longfellow Elementary is 76% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 22% Black. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. Longfellow Elementary has a diversity index of 38%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 18 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Longfellow Elementary was 25.0:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 89%. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Longfellow Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.7%, compared with a predicted 27.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Longfellow Elementary is located in Los Angeles County, where median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Longfellow Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
The closest public school, Walton Middle, is about 0.5 miles from Longfellow Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Longfellow Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Longfellow Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 549 to 450. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 26.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 25.0:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Compton Unified
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
- Kelly ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- Dickison ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Compton
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- KIPP Compton CommunityElementary · 783 students
- Lifeline Education CharterCombined · 698 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
Other Longfellow Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 18 states are named Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow Elementary is the 11th largest of the 37.
- Longfellow ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 904 students
- Longfellow ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 780 students
- Longfellow ElementaryRiverside, CA · 701 students
- Longfellow ElementaryWhittier, CA · 499 students
- Longfellow ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 466 students
Nearby schools
- Walton Middle0.5 mi · 72
- Compton Community Day Middle0.5 mi · 2
- Compton Community Day High0.5 mi · 6
- Laurel Street Elementary0.6 mi · 377
- Robert F. Kennedy Elementary0.8 mi · 610
- Compton STEP0.8 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow ElementaryHow many students attend Longfellow Elementary?
Longfellow Elementary enrolls approximately 450 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Longfellow Elementary serve?
Longfellow Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Longfellow Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Longfellow Elementary is approximately 25.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Longfellow Elementary?
At Longfellow Elementary, the student body is approximately 0% White, 76% Hispanic, 22% Black.
Is Longfellow Elementary public or private?
Longfellow Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Compton Unified.
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