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How has Lowell Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 062250002739
Lowell Elementary
5201 East Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90803 · (562) 433-6757 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
141 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 | 133 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 62% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
67%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
75.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.6pp since 2014
Math
67.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 56.5% | 19.1% | 14.1% | 10.3% |
| Math | 43.1% | 24.0% | 20.9% | 12.0% |
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 | 75.6% | 67.1% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 72.4% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 67.4% |
| 2021-22 | 67.7% | 60.9% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 70.1% |
| 2018-19 | 83.0% | 75.8% |
| 2017-18 | 82.0% | 73.4% |
| 2016-17 | 81.6% | 76.0% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 74.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Lowell Elementary
Lowell Elementary's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Elementary this school | 609 | 23.2% | 74.0% |
| Grant Elementary Santa Monica | 562 | 24.9% | 71.8% |
| Caleb Greenwood Elementary Sacramento | 536 | 24.1% | 74.7% |
| Ocean Charter Los Angeles | 563 | 22.7% | N/A |
| R. L. Stevenson Elementary Burbank | 521 | 22.3% | 66.3% |
| Tony Tobin Elementary Temecula | 718 | 23.1% | 63.0% |
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 Lowell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #466 of 5,151 | #102 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #724 of 5,172 ▼ 223 | #161 of 1,129 ▼ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #465 of 5,172 ▼ 254 | #104 of 1,129 ▼ 49 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.1pp | #1,110 of 5,116 | #358 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #1,315 of 5,915 | #254 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #4,678 of 5,352 | #1,059 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #994 of 5,354 | #156 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #5,037 of 5,625 | #1,184 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #2,428 of 3,837 | #691 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
609
+51 (+9%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 26.6:1
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 | 609 | 23.9 | 25.5:1 | 23% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 24.4 | 24.7:1 | 22% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 22.4 | 25.5:1 | 22% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 21 | 26.6:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 25.5 | 27.1:1 | 16% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 27 | 27.7:1 | 13% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | N/A | N/A | 12% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 33 | 20.0:1 | 21% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 24 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (692 to 609); teachers down 6% (25.5 to 23.9).
About Lowell Elementary
Lowell Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Long Beach, California. A federal count lists 609 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Lowell Elementary is part of a district of 82 schools: Long Beach Unified, with 62,255 students.
White students form the largest group at Lowell Elementary, 48% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 5% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 31% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Lowell Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The school reports 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 25.5 students per teacher. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 23%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is lower.
A school with Lowell Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 66.0%. Lowell Elementary scores 74.0%, 8.0 points above that line.
In Los Angeles County (population about 9,808,667), median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lowell Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
The shortest distance from Lowell Elementary to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Rogers Middle. The five-mile area around Lowell Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Lowell Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 609 was 9% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 558. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (25.5:1) than in 2020-21 (26.6:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Long Beach Unified
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 3,890 students
- Millikan HighHigh · 3,408 students
- Wilson HighHigh · 3,349 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 2,305 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 2,272 students
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,652 students
Other schools in Long Beach
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 3,890 students
- Millikan HighHigh · 3,408 students
- Wilson HighHigh · 3,349 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 2,272 students
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Hughes MiddleMiddle · 1,214 students
Other Lowell Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Lowell Elementary. Lowell Elementary is the largest of the 25.
- Lowell ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 426 students
- Lowell ElementaryFresno, CA · 325 students
- Lowell ElementarySan Jose, CA · 261 students
- Lowell Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IA · 538 students
- Lowell ElementaryEverett, WA · 531 students
Nearby schools
- Rogers Middle0.1 mi · 773
- Naples Elementary0.7 mi · 338
- Fremont Elementary0.9 mi · 451
- Wilson High1.0 mi · 3,349
- Jefferson Leadership Academies1.2 mi · 1,004
- Mann Elementary1.2 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About Lowell ElementaryHow many students attend Lowell Elementary?
Lowell Elementary enrolls approximately 609 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lowell Elementary serve?
Lowell Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lowell Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lowell Elementary is approximately 25.5:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lowell Elementary?
Lowell Elementary reports a student body of 48% White, 27% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Lowell Elementary in?
Lowell Elementary is part of Long Beach Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.