📍 5021 E. Centralia St., Long Beach, Los Angeles County, 90808
Twain Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Long Beach, Los Angeles County. The school has 426 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Juan Gonzalez. It is part of the Long Beach Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
Twain Elementary enrolls 426 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Hispanic or Latino, 17% White and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 226 | 53% |
| White | 73 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 51 | 12% |
| Asian | 40 | 9.4% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 7.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
177 of the school's 426 students (42%) 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.
Twain Elementary 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.
Twain Elementary 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 426 students, Twain Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 746 students per school.