Is Barton Elementary a good school?

Barton Elementary ranks in the bottom 21.9% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Barton Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 440 students attended Barton Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Barton Elementary?

Students at Barton Elementary are 52% Hispanic, 29% African American, 10% Asian, 4% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Barton Elementary attend?

Students who attend Barton Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Jordan High

Barton Elementary

Summary:

Barton Elementary is a public elementary school in Long Beach, California, serving 460 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Long Beach Unified School District, which has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Barton Elementary faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, consistently underperforming academic achievement compared to the district and state, and achievement gaps among student subgroups. The school's chronic absenteeism rate has risen from 17.5% in 2017-2018 to 48.8% in 2022-2023, notably higher than the district and state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 27.86% of Barton Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 49.52% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, only 23.53% of Barton Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to 36.36% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school's performance in Science is also significantly lower than the district and state averages.

Nearby schools, such as Holmes Elementary, Madison Elementary, and Longfellow Elementary, generally outperform Barton Elementary in academic achievement, with lower chronic absenteeism rates and a lower percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch. Addressing the challenges at Barton Elementary, such as improving attendance and implementing targeted interventions, could be crucial in improving the educational outcomes for the students.

Detail:

Public K-5

1100 East Del Amo Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90807-1010

(562) 428-0555

District: Long Beach Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4578^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,696

Students who attend Barton Elementary usually attend:

High:

Jordan High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.4

Number of students: 440

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

51.8%

African American:

29.3%

Asian:

10.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 78%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Barton Elementary ranks worse than 78.1% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 50^th among 53 ranked elementary schools in the Long Beach Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.94. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (51.8%), African American (29.3%), Asian (10.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 78% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Barton Elementary is 24.4, which is the 19^th best among 53 elementary schools in the Long Beach Unified School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Barton Elementary is $8,696. 27 elementary schools in the Long Beach Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Barton Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Barton Elementary 4578^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Barton Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Long Beach Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Long Beach Unified 654^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Barton Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Barton Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	23.23	3684^th	4809	23.4%
2005	26.36	3525^th	4822	26.9%
2006	29.47	3342^nd	4818	30.6%
2007	25.99	3856^th	5113	24.6%
2008	36.33	3179^th	5113	37.8%
2009	35.46	3333^rd	5193	35.8%
2010	33.03	3623^rd	5314	31.8%
2011	29.03	4059^th	5377	24.5%
2012	25.30	4292^nd	5390	20.4%
2013	14.26	5093^rd	5530	7.9%
2015	20.29	4592^nd	5611	18.2%
2016	15.09	5034^th	5614	10.3%
2017	25.67	4195^th	5692	26.3%
2018	29.49	3869^th	5662	31.7%
2019	26.28	4246^th	5789	26.7%
2021	28.62	964^th	1417	32.0%
2022	17.82	5074^th	5883	13.8%
2023	16.83	5169^th	5874	12.0%
2024	22.94	4578^th	5862	21.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Barton Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	17.05	3286^th	3311	0.8%
2023	19.85	3159^th	3250	2.8%
2024	40.56	1778^th	3160	43.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Barton Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	25.16	1900^th	2420	21.5%
2024	19.78	2406^th	2634	8.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Barton Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.04	3014^th	5084	40.7%
2019	35.70	3452^nd	5173	33.3%
2021	33.32	762^nd	1110	31.4%
2022	20.73	4598^th	5264	12.7%
2023	21.23	4611^th	5374	14.2%
2024	26.00	4292^nd	5511	22.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Barton Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	45.02	2777^th	5413	48.7%
2019	33.05	3588^th	5492	34.7%
2021	25.35	925^th	1267	27.0%
2022	15.79	5113^th	5635	9.3%
2023	15.99	5054^th	5617	10.0%
2024	21.69	4539^th	5605	19.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Barton Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.44	1162^nd	2128	45.4%
2019	39.74	1307^th	2585	49.4%
2022	16.31	2217^th	2227	0.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Barton Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.77	4679^th	5431	13.8%
2019	21.11	4560^th	5510	17.2%
2021	34.10	770^th	1272	39.5%
2022	22.14	4500^th	5663	20.5%
2023	19.95	4727^th	5650	16.3%
2024	24.66	4300^th	5636	23.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Barton Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	50.59	290^th	700	58.6%
2019	45.78	354^th	747	52.6%
2022	32.86	433^rd	663	34.7%
2023	26.13	525^th	662	20.7%
2024	39.30	322^nd	593	45.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Barton Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.61	2579^th	4830	46.6%
2019	38.73	3042^nd	4963	38.7%
2022	24.43	4161^st	5084	18.2%
2023	20.88	4425^th	5098	13.2%
2024	30.25	3721^st	5102	27.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Barton Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	192	246	102	215	3	n/a	n/a	0	758
1989	183	252	96	179	2	n/a	n/a	0	712
1990	123	268	83	149	2	n/a	n/a	0	625
1991	103	364	94	159	0	n/a	n/a	0	720
1992	106	405	111	194	2	n/a	n/a	0	818
1993	105	481	142	225	1	n/a	n/a	0	954
1994	121	526	155	226	4	n/a	n/a	0	1032
1995	90	537	163	260	3	n/a	n/a	0	1053
1996	90	537	163	260	3	n/a	n/a	0	1053
1997	77	573	136	305	4	n/a	n/a	0	1095
1998	58	582	154	337	3	n/a	n/a	0	1134
1999	55	577	141	346	2	n/a	n/a	0	1121
2000	49	568	118	371	1	n/a	n/a	0	1107
2001	37	567	124	399	4	n/a	n/a	0	1131
2002	34	445	150	471	3	n/a	n/a	0	1103
2003	34	445	150	471	3	n/a	n/a	0	1103
2004	28	423	139	468	1	n/a	n/a	1	1060
2005	29	394	140	455	0	n/a	n/a	1	1019
2006	28	375	128	435	0	n/a	n/a	5	971
2007	20	371	132	422	1	n/a	n/a	12	958
2008	16	370	109	385	2	n/a	n/a	0	882
2009	27	351	92	376	2	22	15	0	885
2010	28	322	98	374	4	14	20	0	860
2011	28	298	98	369	6	19	26	0	844
2012	23	291	86	343	6	12	20	0	781
2013	16	260	82	309	4	13	18	0	702
2014	16	237	61	278	3	14	18	0	627
2015	15	208	53	297	3	16	17	0	609
2016	19	211	50	286	3	16	20	0	605
2017	21	193	61	288	3	18	29	0	613
2018	16	188	55	292	2	13	20	0	586
2019	14	148	48	282	2	9	22	0	525
2020	15	144	52	273	1	8	19	0	512
2021	12	145	53	249	1	6	16	0	482
2022	11	132	48	221	0	5	16	0	433
2023	11	139	48	238	2	8	14	0	460
2024	16	129	45	228	1	9	12	0	440

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Barton Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	758	35.5	21.3	n/a
1989	712	35.0	20.3	n/a
1990	625	29.0	21.5	n/a
1991	720	29.0	24.8	n/a
1992	818	29.5	27.7	82.2
1993	954	37.0	25.8	85.6
1994	1032	42.6	24.2	87.2
1995	1053	47.1	22.4	90
1996	1053	47.1	22.4	90
1997	1095	54.6	20.1	90.5
1998	1134	51.0	22.2	92.7
1999	1121	51.0	22.0	91.9
2000	1107	58.0	19.1	93
2001	1131	59.5	19.0	91.6
2002	1103	59.5	18.5	86.2
2003	1103	59.5	18.5	86.2
2004	1060	56.9	18.6	85.8
2005	1019	52.4	19.4	88.9
2006	971	49.4	19.7	83.3
2007	958	52.0	18.4	90.5
2008	882	56.4	15.6	91.4
2009	885	44.0	17.9	96
2010	860	45.0	19.1	89
2011	844	n/a	n/a	90.8
2012	781	29.7	26.2	n/a
2013	702	26.0	27.0	87.9
2014	627	26.5	23.6	87.7
2015	609	25.0	24.3	90.5
2016	605	25.0	24.2	89.9
2017	613	22.0	27.8	90.2
2018	586	17.5	33.4	91.5
2019	525	20.5	25.6	89
2020	512	n/a	n/a	86.3
2021	482	19.5	24.7	88.8
2022	433	16.5	26.2	73.2
2023	460	18.0	25.5	72.2
2024	440	18.0	24.4	78

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Barton Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	758	35.5	21.3	n/a
1989	712	35.0	20.3	n/a
1990	625	29.0	21.5	n/a
1991	720	29.0	24.8	n/a
1992	818	29.5	27.7	82.2
1993	954	37.0	25.8	85.6
1994	1032	42.6	24.2	87.2
1995	1053	47.1	22.4	90
1996	1053	47.1	22.4	90
1997	1095	54.6	20.1	90.5
1998	1134	51.0	22.2	92.7
1999	1121	51.0	22.0	91.9
2000	1107	58.0	19.1	93
2001	1131	59.5	19.0	91.6
2002	1103	59.5	18.5	86.2
2003	1103	59.5	18.5	86.2
2004	1060	56.9	18.6	85.8
2005	1019	52.4	19.4	88.9
2006	971	49.4	19.7	83.3
2007	958	52.0	18.4	90.5
2008	882	56.4	15.6	91.4
2009	885	44.0	17.9	96
2010	860	45.0	19.1	89
2011	844	n/a	n/a	90.8
2012	781	29.7	26.2	n/a
2013	702	26.0	27.0	87.9
2014	627	26.5	23.6	87.7
2015	609	25.0	24.3	90.5
2016	605	25.0	24.2	89.9
2017	613	22.0	27.8	90.2
2018	586	17.5	33.4	91.5
2019	525	20.5	25.6	89
2020	512	n/a	n/a	86.3
2021	482	19.5	24.7	88.8
2022	433	16.5	26.2	73.2
2023	460	18.0	25.5	72.2
2024	440	18.0	24.4	78

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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