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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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
52.1%
CA avg 47.1% . +5.1pp since 2014
Math
41.7%
CA avg 35.6% . +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 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
474
-129 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
27.7:1
was 26.2:1
% White
13%
was 18%
% Hispanic
55%
was 41%
% Black
15%
was 12%
% Asian
7%
was 15%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Twain Elementary
Located at 5021 East Centralia St., in Long Beach, California, Twain Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus that serves 474 students (grades K through 5), operated by Long Beach Unified.
Long Beach Unified runs 82 schools in total, collectively educating 62,255 students. Twain Elementary is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Twain Elementary lists that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 15% Black, 13% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Twain Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.9%; this one delivers 47.4%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Twain Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Bancroft Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Twain Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.0%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Twain Elementary has edged down 21%, going from 603 students in 2018 to 474 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 41% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 26.2:1 in 2018 to 27.7:1 in 2025.
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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
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
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.