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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 062250002738
Los Cerritos Elementary
515 West San Antonio Dr., Long Beach, CA 90807 · (562) 595-6337 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
27.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
164 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 | 93 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
76%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
68.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.7pp since 2014
Math
65.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.8% | 24.9% | 17.4% | 13.9% |
| Math | 44.3% | 21.4% | 19.9% | 14.4% |
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 | 68.7% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 62.4% |
| 2022-23 | 72.6% | 59.8% |
| 2021-22 | 74.0% | 65.2% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 55.7% |
| 2018-19 | 74.9% | 71.0% |
| 2017-18 | 70.0% | 64.3% |
| 2016-17 | 66.4% | 57.3% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 56.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
65.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Los Cerritos Elementary
Los Cerritos Elementary's state test result (65.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Cerritos Elementary this school | 453 | 36.2% | 65.4% |
| Matsuyama Elementary Sacramento | 435 | 43.7% | 59.1% |
| Sonia Sotomayor Elementary Chula Vista | 488 | 41.8% | 57.2% |
| Golden Oak Community Santa Clarita | 533 | 33.8% | 60.7% |
| Almond Grove Elementary Oakley | 427 | 36.3% | 48.8% |
| Summer Lake Elementary Oakley | 595 | 43.9% | 37.1% |
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 Los Cerritos Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #866 of 5,151 | #193 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #796 of 5,172 ▲ 123 | #183 of 1,129 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #808 of 5,172 ▲ 263 | #184 of 1,129 ▲ 60 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #1,076 of 5,116 | #169 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #2,996 of 5,915 | #611 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.4:1 | #5,180 of 5,352 | #1,172 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.9% | #71 of 5,354 | #5 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #4,500 of 5,625 | #1,087 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #1,983 of 3,837 | #615 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
453
-50 (-10%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
27.4:1
was 29.6:1
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 | 453 | 16.5 | 27.4:1 | 36% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 15.5 | 30.0:1 | 40% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 16 | 28.7:1 | 35% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 17 | 29.6:1 | 49% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 18 | 29.7:1 | 43% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 17 | 31.2:1 | 40% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 469 | N/A | N/A | 38% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 471 | 24 | 19.6:1 | 41% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 15 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Cerritos Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (535 to 453); teachers down 8% (18 to 16.5).
About Los Cerritos Elementary
Los Cerritos Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Long Beach, California. Enrollment totals 453 students across kindergarten through 5.
Long Beach Unified serves 62,255 students across 82 schools.
No group is above 50% at Los Cerritos Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 37%. It is also 21% Asian, 16% White, 13% Black, and 13% multiracial. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 11 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Los Cerritos Elementary scores 76%.
The school lists 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 36% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Among California public elementary schools, Los Cerritos Elementary outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Los Cerritos Elementary's results are 7.0 points above predicted: 65.4% against 58.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach, is the closest to Los Cerritos Elementary. Los Cerritos Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Los Cerritos Elementary comes in 1st of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Los Cerritos Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 453, from 503 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 29.6:1 to 27.4:1 over the same years.
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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
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Other Los Cerritos Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Los Cerritos Elementary. Los Cerritos Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Los Cerritos ElementarySouth San Francisco, CA · 304 students
Nearby schools
- Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach0.8 mi · 244
- The Education Corps0.9 mi · 278
- College Bridge Academy0.9 mi · 255
- Rancho Dominguez Preparatory1.0 mi · 701
- Longfellow Elementary1.0 mi · 904
- Dominguez Elementary1.0 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Los Cerritos ElementaryHow large is Los Cerritos Elementary?
Los Cerritos Elementary enrolls approximately 453 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Los Cerritos Elementary serve?
Los Cerritos Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Los Cerritos Elementary?
Approximately 27.4:1 students per teacher at Los Cerritos Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Los Cerritos Elementary?
Student demographics at Los Cerritos Elementary are roughly 16% White, 37% Hispanic, 13% Black, 21% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Los Cerritos Elementary in?
Los Cerritos Elementary is part of Long Beach Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.