Millikan High

Millikan High, a high-enrollment four-year high school in Long Beach, California, run under Long Beach Unified, hosts 3,408 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 307% bigger than typical.

Millikan High is one of 82 schools operated by Long Beach Unified, a district that serves 62,255 students overall.

Demographically, Millikan High lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% White, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Los Angeles County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 136 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.1:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Millikan High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.2%; this one delivers 46.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Millikan High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Emerson Parkside Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Millikan High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Millikan High at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.9%.

Millikan High operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 3,605 students in 2018 compared to 3,408 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 today.

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