📍 730 W. Third St., Long Beach, Los Angeles County, 90802
Chavez Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Long Beach, Los Angeles County. The school has 337 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brenda Ocampo. It is part of the Long Beach Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 15.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
Chavez Elementary enrolls 337 students across grades K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 15.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Hispanic or Latino, 17% Black or African American and 6.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 235 | 70% |
| Black or African American | 56 | 17% |
| White | 21 | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 4.5% |
| Asian | 9 | 2.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
220 of the school's 337 students (65%) 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.
Chavez 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.
Chavez 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 337 students, Chavez Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 746 students per school.