Lowell Elementary

Located at 5201 East Broadway, in Long Beach, California, Lowell Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school that hosts 609 students (grades K through 5), part of Long Beach Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 465.

Long Beach Unified runs 82 schools in total, collectively educating 62,255 students. Lowell Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lowell Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 27% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Asian, 5% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lowell Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lowell Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lowell Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 76.7%, a residual of +10.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Lowell Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Rogers Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lowell Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lowell Elementary has ticked down 12%, going from 692 students in 2018 to 609 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 59% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 27.1:1 in 2018 to 25.5:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.