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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 062250002764
Twain Elementary
5021 East Centralia St., Long Beach, CA 90808 · (562) 421-8421 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
27.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
267 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 | 102 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 46% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
64%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
51.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.7pp since 2014
Math
41.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.3% | 30.3% | 21.3% | 27.0% |
| Math | 21.3% | 20.4% | 28.9% | 29.4% |
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 | 51.7% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 41.7% |
| 2022-23 | 55.8% | 46.4% |
| 2021-22 | 51.8% | 43.8% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 46.3% |
| 2018-19 | 70.1% | 57.2% |
| 2017-18 | 56.3% | 54.3% |
| 2016-17 | 54.9% | 50.8% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Twain Elementary
Twain Elementary's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twain Elementary this school | 474 | 56.3% | 46.9% |
| Anaverde Hills Palmdale | 517 | 54.9% | 32.5% |
| San Diego Global Vision Academy San Diego | 463 | 62.0% | N/A |
| Riley Elementary Lakewood | 490 | 58.4% | 54.5% |
| REACH Leadership STEAM Academy Riverside | 645 | 57.1% | N/A |
| Esther Lindstrom Elementary Lakewood | 552 | 61.6% | 41.1% |
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 Twain Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #1,933 of 5,151 | #446 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #2,172 of 5,172 ▼ 108 | #538 of 1,129 ▼ 57 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #1,908 of 5,172 ▼ 161 | #428 of 1,129 ▼ 48 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #1,462 of 5,116 | #242 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #2,747 of 5,915 | #550 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.7:1 | #5,207 of 5,352 | #1,179 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #1,325 of 5,354 | #201 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.3% | #3,633 of 5,625 | #958 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #1,272 of 3,837 | #454 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
474
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
27.7:1
was 26.7:1
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 | 474 | 17.1 | 27.7:1 | 56% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 20 | 21.9:1 | 57% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 17.5 | 24.3:1 | 42% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 18 | 26.7:1 | 56% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 23 | 26.2:1 | 50% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 23 | 26.0:1 | 45% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | N/A | N/A | 34% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 890 | 42 | 21.2:1 | 24% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 27 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twain Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (603 to 474); teachers down 26% (23 to 17.1).
About Twain Elementary
Twain Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Long Beach, California. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 474 students.
Twain Elementary is in Long Beach Unified, a district with 62,255 students across 82 schools.
The student body at Twain Elementary is 55% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 15% Black, 13% White, 9% multiracial, and 7% Asian. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Twain Elementary are from different groups.
With 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 27.7:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Twain Elementary, 56% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Test results at Twain Elementary are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (46.9% actual, 46.5% predicted).
For the population of Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Twain Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
About 0.3 miles separate Twain Elementary from the closest public school, Bancroft Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Twain Elementary ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Twain Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 474, close to the 480 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 27.7 students per teacher, compared with 26.7 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Twain Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Long Beach Unified
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 3,890 students
- Millikan HighHigh · 3,408 students
- Wilson HighHigh · 3,349 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 2,305 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 2,272 students
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,652 students
Other schools in Long Beach
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 3,890 students
- Millikan HighHigh · 3,408 students
- Wilson HighHigh · 3,349 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 2,272 students
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Hughes MiddleMiddle · 1,214 students
Other Twain Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Twain Elementary. Twain Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Twain Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 924 students
- Twain Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 850 students
- Twain Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Bancroft Middle0.3 mi · 806
- Lakewood High0.7 mi · 2,305
- Hoover Middle1.0 mi · 505
- Holmes Elementary1.0 mi · 378
- Gompers1.1 mi · 366
- Riley Elementary1.1 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Twain ElementaryHow many students attend Twain Elementary?
Twain Elementary enrolls approximately 474 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Twain Elementary serve?
Twain Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Twain Elementary have?
Twain Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Twain Elementary?
At Twain Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 55% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Twain Elementary public or private?
Twain Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Long Beach Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.