Muir K-8

Muir K-8 is an elementary-level community of sprawling scale in Long Beach, California, operated by Long Beach Unified, caters to 1,029 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Muir K-8 sits 121% above that benchmark.

Muir K-8 is one of 82 schools operated by Long Beach Unified, a district that works with 62,255 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Muir K-8 lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%; the rest comes out to 14% Asian, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Muir K-8 shows 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Muir K-8 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Muir K-8 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Webster Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Muir K-8 comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Muir K-8's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,077 (now 1,029). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 64% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

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