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What's one thing Muir K-8 gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,029
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 062250002747
Muir K-8
3038 Delta Ave., Long Beach, CA 90810 · (562) 426-5571 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,029 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
731 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 | 150 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 108 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 109 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (150) is 56% larger than its 8th grade class (96).
Student demographics
50%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
46.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.4pp since 2014
Math
35.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.6% | 27.0% | 19.8% | 33.5% |
| Math | 15.9% | 20.0% | 26.6% | 37.5% |
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 | 46.6% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.9% | 33.9% |
| 2022-23 | 41.3% | 33.9% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 30.9% |
| 2020-21 | 54.2% | 30.0% |
| 2018-19 | 52.8% | 49.9% |
| 2017-18 | 55.1% | 43.2% |
| 2016-17 | 55.1% | 46.0% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Muir K-8
Muir K-8's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muir K-8 this school | 1,029 | 71.0% | 39.5% |
| Great Valley Elementary Stockton | 983 | 70.9% | 23.9% |
| Boulder Ridge Elementary Menifee | 938 | 70.8% | 36.8% |
| Rudolph Rivera Elementary Merced | 917 | 75.5% | 26.4% |
| Burbank Elementary Hayward | 800 | 74.0% | 28.9% |
| Louis VanderMolen Fundamental Elementary Jurupa Valley | 959 | 74.9% | 39.2% |
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 Muir K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #2,538 of 5,151 | #618 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #2,658 of 5,172 ▲ 23 | #675 of 1,129 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #2,306 of 5,172 ▲ 342 | #547 of 1,129 ▲ 74 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #2,356 of 5,116 | #600 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,029 | #59 of 5,915 | #9 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,110 of 5,352 | #755 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #2,791 of 5,354 | #456 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.0% | #2,890 of 5,625 | #845 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #3,376 of 3,837 | #865 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
1,029
+29 (+3%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 959
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 1,029 | 44.5 | 23.1:1 | 71% (731) |
| 2023-24 | 1,046 | 44.3 | 23.6:1 | 67% (698) |
| 2022-23 | 1,020 | 41.5 | 24.6:1 | 60% (612) |
| 2020-21 | 1,000 | 38 | 26.3:1 | 75% (749) |
| 2017-18 | 1,077 | 42 | 25.6:1 | 82% (887) |
| 2015-16 | 1,127 | 39 | 28.9:1 | 80% (896) |
| 2010-11 | 1,033 | N/A | N/A | 86% (887) |
| 2000-01 | 994 | 53 | 18.8:1 | 89% (888) |
| 1990-91 | 959 | 39 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Muir K-8.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,077 to 1,029); teachers up 6% (42 to 44.5).
About Muir K-8
Muir K-8 is a high-enrollment elementary school in Long Beach, California, (ZIP code 90810). It had 1,029 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 121% higher.
The Long Beach Unified system has 82 schools and 62,255 students.
The student body at Muir K-8 is 69% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Asian, 11% Black, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
Muir K-8 lists 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 23.1 students per teacher. The school's 23.1:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 71% of the student body. That is in line with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Among California public elementary schools, Muir K-8 outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Muir K-8 is 37.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.5%.
The school is in Los Angeles County, where median household income comes to about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Webster Elementary, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Muir K-8 places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 1,029, from 1,000 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 26.3:1 to 23.1:1 over the same years.
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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
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- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Hughes MiddleMiddle · 1,214 students
Nearby schools
- Webster Elementary0.5 mi · 454
- Stephens Middle0.5 mi · 658
- Birney Elementary0.6 mi · 501
- Garfield Elementary1.1 mi · 536
- Hudson1.1 mi · 224
- Lafayette Elementary1.2 mi · 827
Frequently asked questions
About Muir K-8How many students attend Muir K-8?
Muir K-8 enrolls approximately 1,029 students in grades KG-08.
Is Muir K-8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Muir K-8 is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Muir K-8?
Approximately 23.1:1 students per teacher at Muir K-8.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Muir K-8?
At Muir K-8, the student body is approximately 2% White, 69% Hispanic, 11% Black, 14% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Muir K-8?
Muir K-8 is overseen by Long Beach Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.