Twain Elementary, Long Beach CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Twain Elementary

Twain Elementary is a small, traditional public elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Long Beach's eastern neighborhoods. Its enrollment is modest, drawn primarily from surrounding residential areas, with a student body that is predominantly Hispanic and includes substantial shares of Black, White, and Asian students. More than half the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic circumstances of many families the school serves.

State assessment results from the most recent school year show academic performance below the midpoint when compared to elementary schools across Los Angeles County. In English language arts, Twain's third graders demonstrated proficiency at roughly the rate of their grade peers, and fifth graders showed slightly better proficiency in reading and language skills than in math. Mathematics tells a steeper story: third graders met proficiency at about the same rate statewide would suggest, but proficiency dropped substantially by fourth grade and fell further in fifth grade, where only about one in four students scored proficient. Science proficiency in fifth grade, the only grade assessed, was similarly low. The school has only one year of comparable data, so trend analysis is not yet possible.

The data available does not include enrollment figures for English learners or students with individualized education plans, nor do they capture attendance or discipline patterns. These details would round out the picture of what support systems are in place and how they function.

Twain sits within Long Beach Unified, a large urban district that has experienced sustained enrollment decline over the past two decades. The district approved a substantial facilities bond in 2022 to upgrade aging buildings, and it has recently implemented state-mandated ethnic studies courses at the high school level, neither of which directly affects an elementary program but both of which shape the district's longer-term direction. More directly relevant, the district closed one nearby elementary school at the end of the recent school year, consolidating boundaries, a pattern that may continue as enrollment shifts.

Long Beach itself is a coastal city of diverse, walkable neighborhoods—ranging from beachfront districts to quiet residential areas—with growing downtown development that is adding housing and changing the city's mix. The housing market in the 90808 zip code where Twain is located is moderately expensive relative to national averages, though rents are somewhat more accessible than purchase prices. The area has substantial commercial activity, port and aerospace employment, and educational institutions like Cal State Long Beach nearby.

Twain is a neighborhood school without magnet or charter designation, serving the families whose children are assigned to it by address and school-choice lottery. For a parent considering Twain, the central questions are whether the current level of mathematics and science proficiency aligns with their child's needs and what targeted supports the school offers to help students advance in those areas. A parent may want to look into that further with the school, particularly if a child has struggled with math or science in the past. The school's modest size and traditional public-school setting offer the familiar structure of a neighborhood elementary without specialized programming; that suits some families well and others less so, depending on their child's learning style and family priorities.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 49% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 45% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 41% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 349%

School 49% · District 48% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 50% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 55% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 33% · ▼ 4 pts below district

even with state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

This schoolLong Beach Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income41%Higher-income61%20 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income55%Higher-income50%5 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income38%Higher-income80%43 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income38%Higher-income67%29 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income39%Higher-income60%21 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income18%Higher-income33%16 pp gap