MacArthur Elementary

MacArthur Elementary, an intimate elementary campus in Lakewood, California, operated by Long Beach Unified, serves 340 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

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

On demographics, MacArthur Elementary records that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 20% White, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at MacArthur Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MacArthur Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which MacArthur Elementary is one.

Cleveland Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MacArthur Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MacArthur Elementary has contracted 7%, going from 365 students in 2018 to 340 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 42% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 29.2:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 in 2025.

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