Stevenson Elementary

Stevenson Elementary is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in Long Beach, California, run under Long Beach Unified, instructing 438 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 82 schools in Long Beach Unified (62,255 students total), Stevenson Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Stevenson Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder consists of 16% Black, 5% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 28.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. 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), Stevenson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.0%; this one delivers 34.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Stevenson Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Franklin Classical Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stevenson Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Stevenson Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 32% since 2018, when it stood at 643 (now 438). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 28.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.