Willard Elementary

Located at 1055 Freeman Ave., in Long Beach, California, Willard Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary school that caters to 534 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Long Beach Unified.

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

In terms of who attends, Willard Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment; the rest reads as 13% Black, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 28.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Willard Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.5%; this one delivers 34.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Willard Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jefferson Leadership Academies, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Willard Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Willard Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

Willard Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 26%: 722 students in 2018 compared to 534 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 29.6:1 in 2018 to 28.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.