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Long Beach Unified

Long Beach, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

62,644
Students enrolled
82
Public schools
2,647
Classroom teachers (FTE)
23.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 5,776
  • Grade 1 4,185
  • Grade 2 4,371
  • Grade 3 4,610
  • Grade 4 4,589
  • Grade 5 4,587
  • Grade 6 4,729
  • Grade 7 4,699
  • Grade 8 4,696
  • Grade 9 5,137
  • Grade 10 4,927
  • Grade 11 4,989
  • Grade 12 5,349

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 59%
  • Black or African American 12%
  • White 12%
  • Asian 10%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 37,426 of 62,255 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 54%
  • Reduced-price lunch 6%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$21,011 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $12,613
  • Support services $7,686
  • Other (food service, etc.) $712

Where the money comes from

  • Local 28%
  • State 57%
  • Federal 16%

Total revenue $1.8 billiontotal spending $1.7 billion

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: LargeStudents: 88% city, 11% suburb, 1% town

Total staff (FTE)

5,368

District office

1515 Hughes Way, Long Beach CA 90810

County

Los Angeles County

Official website

NCES District ID

622500

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About Long Beach Unified

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of the LBUSD is to insure the educational success of all students by having high expectations, a commitment to excellence, and a comprehensive program, confirming the belief that all students can learn and become responsible, productive members of a competitive society.
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Public Schools in Long Beach Unified (96)

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