Powell Academy for Success

Powell Academy for Success is an elementary-level community of well-populated scale in Long Beach, California, one of the schools within Long Beach Unified, educateing 706 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 52% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Within Long Beach Unified, which oversees 82 schools and 62,255 students, Powell Academy for Success is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Powell Academy for Success lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 24% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Powell Academy for Success higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at Powell Academy for Success qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Powell Academy for Success tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Powell Academy for Success is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: King Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Powell Academy for Success. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Powell Academy for Success at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 27.9%.

Powell Academy for Success operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Powell Academy for Success has fell 43%, going from 1,242 students in 2018 to 706 in 2025.

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