Stephens Middle

Stephens Middle is a 6-8 campus of mid-tier scale in Long Beach, California, overseen by Long Beach Unified, works with 658 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Long Beach Unified, which oversees 82 schools and 62,255 students, Stephens Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Stephens Middle lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 14% Asian, 11% Black, 4% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Stephens Middle logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Stephens Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at Stephens Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Stephens Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of +9.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Stephens Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Muir K-8, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Stephens Middle comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 32.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stephens Middle has declined 18%, going from 801 students in 2018 to 658 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 28.1:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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