📍 3846 CA Ave., Long Beach, Los Angeles County, 90807
Hughes Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Long Beach, Los Angeles County. The school has 1,295 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Edward Sigur. It is part of the Long Beach Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 50.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.9:1.
Hughes Middle enrolls 1,295 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 50.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 18% Black or African American and 17% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 609 | 47% |
| Black or African American | 237 | 18% |
| Asian | 223 | 17% |
| White | 105 | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 104 | 8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 17 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
635 of the school's 1,295 students (49%) 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.
Hughes Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Hughes Middle 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 1,295 students, Hughes Middle is larger than the district average of about 746 students per school.