📍 1951 Cherry Ave., Signal Hill, Los Angeles County, 90755
Jessie Nelson Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Signal Hill, Los Angeles County. The school has 834 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tanya Ennover. It is part of the Long Beach Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
Jessie Nelson Academy enrolls 834 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Asian and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 515 | 62% |
| Asian | 173 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 101 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 3.6% |
| White | 14 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
586 of the school's 834 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jessie Nelson Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Jessie Nelson Academy is one of 84 schools in Long Beach Unified, based in Long Beach, California. The district serves 62,644 students district-wide and employs 2,733 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 834 students, Jessie Nelson Academy is close to the district average of about 746 students per school.
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