Los Cerritos Elementary

Los Cerritos Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Long Beach, California, overseen by Long Beach Unified. Current enrollment sits at 453 students spanning grades K through 5.

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

On demographics, Los Cerritos Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 21% Asian, 16% White, 13% Black, 13% multiracial. That is considerably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 36% of students at Los Cerritos Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Los Cerritos Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.5%.

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 roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Cerritos Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Los Cerritos Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 45.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 535 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 29.7:1 in 2018 to 27.4:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Los Cerritos Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.