How to read the California School Dashboard for Long Beach schools
The California School Dashboard is the state's official report card. For English and math it shows how far a school's average score on the state tests (grades 3 to 8 and 11) sits above or below the "standard met" line, in points. A positive number means students on average scored above the standard. Each result also gets one of five colors, from Red (lowest) through Orange, Yellow and Green to Blue (highest), based on both the current level and the change from the year before.
All figures on this page come from the California Department of Education's 2025 Dashboard data files, for all students. They describe a school, not a child's experience in a particular classroom, and small schools can move a lot in one year. Chronic absenteeism is the share of students who missed 10% or more of school days; lower is better.
Long Beach Unified compared with California
Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) serves Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill and Avalon on Catalina Island. On the 2025 Dashboard it scored above the state average in English and math and close to it on graduation.
| 2025 Dashboard, all students | English (distance from standard) | Math | Graduation rate | Chronic absenteeism |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Unified | +0.2 (Green, up 5.6) | -37.9 (Yellow, up 5.1) | 87.4% (Green) | 24.5% (Orange) |
| State of California | -8.1 | -42.4 | 87.8% | 17.1% |
The district average hides a very wide spread. Among LBUSD high schools, English results ranged from 170.4 points above standard to more than 200 below, and elementary results from 82.2 above to 84.4 below. Chronic absenteeism, at 24.5%, is the district's weakest measure and was rated Red at many elementary schools.
Long Beach high schools
LBUSD runs 11 high schools, and most students choose a program through the district's School of Choice process in 8th grade (see below). Graduation rates are the 2025 Dashboard four- and five-year rate.
California Academy of Mathematics and Science (CAMS)
CAMS is an LBUSD high school located on the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus in Carson. It posted the district's highest results: 170.4 points above standard in English and 150.7 above in math, both Blue, with a 98.8% graduation rate (Blue). The CDE directory flags it as a magnet school.
Eunice Sato Academy of Math and Science
Sato, at 1100 Iroquois Avenue in 90815, scored 140.8 above standard in English and 94.5 above in math (both Blue; math rose 32.9 points), with a 98.4% graduation rate.
Ernest S. McBride, Sr. High
McBride, at 7025 East Parkcrest Street in 90808, scored 86.9 above standard in English (Blue, up 18.9) and 2.8 below in math (Green), with a 95.5% graduation rate (Blue).
Renaissance High School for the Arts
Renaissance, at 235 East 8th Street downtown, scored 39.9 above standard in English (Green) and had a 97.6% graduation rate (Blue). Its math result, 58.0 below standard, improved by 45.5 points.
Millikan High
Millikan, at 2800 Snowden Avenue in 90815, scored 21.5 above standard in English (Yellow) and 50.8 below in math (Green, up 9.7), with a 94.4% graduation rate.
Polytechnic High (Poly)
Poly, at 1600 Atlantic Avenue, scored 9.4 above standard in English (Green, up 9.4) and 81.0 below in math (Yellow), with an 89.9% graduation rate. The district lists its PAAL program separately on its high school list.
Wilson High
Wilson, at 4400 East Tenth Street in 90804, raised its English result by 23.5 points, to 4.1 above standard (Green). Math was 106.1 below standard (Yellow) and the graduation rate 84.8%, rated Orange.
Lakewood, Jordan and Cabrillo High
Lakewood High (in Lakewood) scored 7.4 below standard in English with a 93.5% graduation rate. Jordan High in North Long Beach scored 56.2 below in English (Red) with an 87.3% graduation rate, and Cabrillo High on the West Side 42.1 below (Yellow) with 84.7%. Jordan and Cabrillo both raised math scores by more than 26 points.
Long Beach middle schools
Rogers, Stanford and Keller middle schools
Rogers Middle, at 365 Monrovia Avenue in 90803, scored 44.5 above standard in English (Green, up 10.2) and 2.2 below in math (Green). Helen Keller Middle, a dual immersion school at 7020 East Brittain Street in 90808, scored 43.5 above in English and 5.0 above in math (both Green) and had the lowest chronic absenteeism of any LBUSD middle school, 6.7%. Stanford Middle, at 5871 East Los Arcos Street in 90815, scored 40.0 above in English and 3.9 above in math (both Green).
Marshall, Bancroft and Hughes middle schools
Marshall Academy of the Arts (5870 East Wardlow Road) scored 23.6 above standard in English, Bancroft Middle (5301 East Centralia Street) 15.7 above, and Hughes Middle (3846 California Avenue in Bixby Knolls) 10.9 above, rated Blue after a 16.9-point gain. All three were below standard in math, from 12.6 to 29.1 points.
K-8 schools in Long Beach
Several LBUSD schools run from kindergarten through 8th grade. Newcomb Academy (3351 Val Verde Avenue) scored 73.6 above standard in English and 47.7 above in math, both Blue. Tincher Preparatory (1701 Petaluma Avenue) scored 54.4 above in English (Blue) and Cubberley K-8 (3200 Monogram Avenue) 54.3 above (Blue, up 11.7).
Long Beach elementary schools
Elementary schools near the coast
Naples Elementary (5537 The Toledo, 90803) had the highest English result of any LBUSD elementary school, 82.2 above standard (Blue), and 56.3 above in math. Lowell Elementary (5201 East Broadway, 90803) scored 70.5 above in English (Blue), and Fremont Elementary (4000 East Fourth Street, 90814) 58.9 above (Green). Mann Elementary (257 Coronado Avenue) was 23.9 below in English but up 10.7 points.
Elementary schools in East Long Beach
Gant Elementary (1854 Britton Drive) scored 75.9 above standard in English (Blue) and 59.0 above in math. Prisk Elementary (2375 Fanwood Avenue) scored 69.1 above in English (Blue), Carver Elementary (5335 East Pavo Street) 50.2 above (Blue), Burcham Elementary (5610 East Monlaco Road) 41.2 above, up 12.6 points, and Kettering Elementary (550 Silvera Avenue, 90803) 42.9 above.
Elementary schools in North Long Beach, Bixby Knolls and Lakewood
Los Cerritos Elementary (515 West San Antonio Drive) was rated Blue in both subjects, at 51.7 above standard in English and 39.3 above in math. Longfellow Elementary (3800 Olive Avenue) scored 43.4 above in English. In Lakewood, Cleveland Elementary (4760 Hackett Avenue) scored 55.1 above in English and 34.3 above in math, both Green.
School choice in Long Beach: pathways, dual language and charters
LBUSD High School of Choice
Every LBUSD 8th grader ranks pathway programs at the district's high schools through the School of Choice application. For students entering 9th grade in fall 2027, the district says the application opens November 3, 2026 for current LBUSD 8th graders, and private and charter school students who live in the district must enroll between October 19 and December 4, 2026 first. Placement is by district criteria and space. The district does not provide transportation to a school of choice, except for eligible students with disabilities, but every K-12 student can ride Long Beach Transit buses free.
Dual language schools in LBUSD
The district lists dual language immersion programs at Bixby, Chavez, Henry, Lafayette, Riley, Webster and Willard elementary schools and at Keller Middle. Open enrollment for elementary and middle school choice for 2027-28 begins January 8, 2027, according to the district.
Charter schools in Long Beach
The CDE directory lists Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach (grades 6 to 8, 3601 Linden Avenue) as an active charter in LBUSD; it scored 34.3 above standard in English on the 2025 Dashboard. Charters admit by application or lottery, not by address. Students who live outside LBUSD need an interdistrict permit from their home district to attend.
How to check which schools serve a Long Beach address
School assignment follows the student's home address, and boundaries can change. Before you buy, use the district's Find my Schools by Address tool, linked from the LBUSD School Finder, then call the school to confirm. A listing that names a school does not guarantee a seat there. Compare results on the California School Dashboard, which also shows results by student group. For the wider housing picture see our Long Beach guide and the Long Beach neighborhoods guide.