Washington Middle

Summary:

Washington Middle is a public middle school located in Long Beach, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 941 students. It is part of the Long Beach Unified School District, which is ranked 654 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Washington Middle faces significant challenges, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger and consistently ranking in the bottom half of California middle schools over the past three years. The school struggles across various student subgroups, with most ranking in the bottom half or bottom third of California middle schools, particularly for Hispanic, Multi-racial, and Homeless students. Academically, Washington Middle's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are significantly lower than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 12.5% in 2017-2018 to 37.4% in 2022-2023, much higher than the district and state averages.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Long Beach Unified School District show a wide range of performance, with some schools, such as Rogers Middle, Stanford Middle, and Hughes Middle, performing significantly better than Washington Middle across various metrics. This suggests that the challenges faced by Washington Middle may be unique and that there may be opportunities to learn from the practices of the higher-performing schools in the district.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1450 Cedar Ave.
       Long Beach, CA  90813-1705


(562) 591-2434

District: Long Beach Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2144th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,443 Help


Students who attend Washington Middle usually attend:

High:    Cabrillo High

Feeder schools for Washington Middle:

Elementary:    Chavez Elementary
    Edison Elementary
    Jenny Oropeza Elementary
    Lafayette Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  22.2 Help
Number of students:  889

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
81.7%
African American:
11.2%
Asian:
3.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  79.4% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Washington Middle ranks worse than 77.2% of middle schools in California. It also ranks last among 15 ranked middle schools in the Long Beach Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.49. (See more...)
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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
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (81.7%), African American (11.2%), Asian (3.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 79.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Washington Middle is 22.2, which is the 5th best among 15 middle schools in the Long Beach Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Washington Middle is $7,443. 11 middle schools in the Long Beach Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Washington Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Washington Middle 2144th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Washington Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Long Beach Unified:

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


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Rank History for Washington Middle

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Rank History for all students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 19.10 1468th 1769 17.0%
2005 16.17 1552nd 1777 12.7%
2006 18.69 1520th 1804 15.7%
2007 23.69 1565th 1999 21.7%
2008 29.09 1464th 2005 27.0%
2009 30.24 1467th 2063 28.9%
2010 33.70 1477th 2179 32.2%
2011 38.28 1400th 2236 37.4%
2012 28.45 1682nd 2259 25.5%
2013 27.61 1783rd 2379 25.1%
2015 16.72 2125th 2477 14.2%
2016 28.78 1692nd 2497 32.2%
2017 39.42 1411th 2508 43.7%
2018 46.64 1173rd 2480 52.7%
2019 46.77 1246th 2715 54.1%
2021 29.98 620th 894 30.6%
2022 20.05 2220th 2740 19.0%
2023 19.74 2288th 2802 18.3%
2024 22.49 2144th 2777 22.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 9.43 609th 678 10.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.81 403rd 1364 70.5%
2019 46.28 514th 1442 64.4%
2021 38.43 205th 363 43.5%
2022 30.70 1215th 1540 21.1%
2023 34.43 1011th 1529 33.9%
2024 39.95 733rd 1477 50.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 24.29 1302nd 1538 15.3%
2024 34.51 944th 1550 39.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.24 624th 2230 72.0%
2019 63.78 639th 2369 73.0%
2021 45.10 354th 721 50.9%
2022 25.62 1874th 2458 23.8%
2023 26.64 1900th 2549 25.5%
2024 30.15 1770th 2575 31.3%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 37.19 203rd 336 39.6%
2023 29.54 243rd 321 24.3%
2024 28.58 298th 394 24.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.39 1105th 2262 51.1%
2019 48.41 1097th 2380 53.9%
2021 28.11 531st 738 28.0%
2022 20.12 2068th 2509 17.6%
2023 23.04 1970th 2547 22.7%
2024 24.16 1928th 2546 24.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.80 546th 1369 60.1%
2019 46.59 611th 1491 59.0%
2021 42.29 161st 354 54.5%
2022 30.25 1047th 1531 31.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.91 1130th 2273 50.3%
2019 43.58 1196th 2407 50.3%
2021 32.72 487th 763 36.2%
2022 20.46 2031st 2527 19.6%
2023 17.25 2230th 2558 12.8%
2024 20.68 2057th 2547 19.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.43 505th 700 27.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.01 222nd 600 63.0%
2019 52.36 265th 643 58.8%
2022 37.48 378th 637 40.7%
2023 32.71 410th 614 33.2%
2024 36.38 367th 626 41.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.59 608th 2072 70.7%
2019 62.58 627th 2213 71.7%
2022 26.05 1784th 2359 24.4%
2023 25.40 1820th 2391 23.9%
2024 30.71 1623rd 2383 31.9%
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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.

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Enrollment information for Washington Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 120 211 174 343 1 n/a n/a 0 849
1989 93 206 155 376 2 n/a n/a 0 832
1990 74 168 174 397 5 n/a n/a 0 818
1991 81 159 142 441 7 n/a n/a 0 830
1992 60 167 158 481 3 n/a n/a 0 869
1993 44 183 154 445 0 n/a n/a 0 826
1994 40 205 198 477 1 n/a n/a 0 921
1995 26 199 180 514 1 n/a n/a 0 920
1996 26 199 180 514 1 n/a n/a 0 920
1997 24 185 161 542 2 n/a n/a 0 914
1998 22 188 136 567 1 n/a n/a 0 914
1999 20 200 143 552 0 n/a n/a 0 915
2000 16 181 152 713 2 n/a n/a 0 1064
2001 19 222 140 782 7 n/a n/a 0 1170
2002 21 186 96 840 1 n/a n/a 0 1144
2003 21 186 96 840 1 n/a n/a 0 1144
2004 23 161 92 767 0 n/a n/a 2 1045
2005 13 152 87 760 5 n/a n/a 1 1018
2006 18 184 72 737 3 n/a n/a 0 1014
2007 21 160 38 743 6 n/a n/a 40 1008
2008 21 163 71 705 8 n/a n/a 0 968
2009 10 157 67 717 3 11 4 0 969
2010 15 137 57 759 1 9 3 0 981
2011 8 137 44 777 0 6 2 0 974
2012 9 124 44 865 1 4 8 0 1055
2013 12 131 42 930 1 4 11 0 1131
2014 11 124 47 911 0 5 9 0 1107
2015 16 114 41 900 0 6 9 0 1086
2016 14 107 45 927 0 6 17 0 1116
2017 10 103 37 912 0 6 25 0 1093
2018 9 97 40 911 1 6 26 0 1090
2019 11 97 33 893 2 3 22 0 1061
2020 9 112 31 877 1 5 21 0 1056
2021 13 97 28 817 1 3 15 0 974
2022 9 84 26 792 1 5 21 0 938
2023 10 102 30 778 1 1 19 0 941
2024 14 100 28 726 1 3 17 0 889

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 Washington Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 849 38.5 22.0 n/a
1989 832 39.0 21.3 n/a
1990 818 34.1 23.9 n/a
1991 830 36.4 22.8 n/a
1992 869 37.0 23.4 94.9
1993 826 39.0 21.2 90
1994 921 38.2 24.1 90.1
1995 920 39.3 23.4 95
1996 920 39.3 23.4 95
1997 914 39.8 23.0 95
1998 914 38.9 23.5 95
1999 915 41.2 22.2 95
2000 1064 44.8 23.8 98.7
2001 1170 51.8 22.6 95.6
2002 1144 55.2 20.7 95.5
2003 1144 55.2 20.7 95.5
2004 1045 51.0 20.5 95.8
2005 1018 46.0 22.1 95.8
2006 1014 40.7 24.9 95.7
2007 1008 42.3 23.8 91.3
2008 968 47.4 20.4 96.8
2009 969 37.0 21.5 93.3
2010 981 38.0 25.8 94.8
2011 974 n/a n/a 97.4
2012 1055 35.9 29.3 n/a
2013 1131 37.3 30.3 92.4
2014 1107 40.6 27.2 95.2
2015 1086 43.0 25.2 94.4
2016 1116 44.0 25.3 93.7
2017 1093 42.5 25.7 95.8
2018 1090 40.0 27.2 94.8
2019 1061 40.1 26.4 95
2020 1056 n/a n/a 86.3
2021 974 41.0 23.7 88.3
2022 938 40.0 23.4 77.2
2023 941 41.0 22.9 77
2024 889 40.0 22.2 79.4

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 Washington Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 849 38.5 22.0 n/a
1989 832 39.0 21.3 n/a
1990 818 34.1 23.9 n/a
1991 830 36.4 22.8 n/a
1992 869 37.0 23.4 94.9
1993 826 39.0 21.2 90
1994 921 38.2 24.1 90.1
1995 920 39.3 23.4 95
1996 920 39.3 23.4 95
1997 914 39.8 23.0 95
1998 914 38.9 23.5 95
1999 915 41.2 22.2 95
2000 1064 44.8 23.8 98.7
2001 1170 51.8 22.6 95.6
2002 1144 55.2 20.7 95.5
2003 1144 55.2 20.7 95.5
2004 1045 51.0 20.5 95.8
2005 1018 46.0 22.1 95.8
2006 1014 40.7 24.9 95.7
2007 1008 42.3 23.8 91.3
2008 968 47.4 20.4 96.8
2009 969 37.0 21.5 93.3
2010 981 38.0 25.8 94.8
2011 974 n/a n/a 97.4
2012 1055 35.9 29.3 n/a
2013 1131 37.3 30.3 92.4
2014 1107 40.6 27.2 95.2
2015 1086 43.0 25.2 94.4
2016 1116 44.0 25.3 93.7
2017 1093 42.5 25.7 95.8
2018 1090 40.0 27.2 94.8
2019 1061 40.1 26.4 95
2020 1056 n/a n/a 86.3
2021 974 41.0 23.7 88.3
2022 938 40.0 23.4 77.2
2023 941 41.0 22.9 77
2024 889 40.0 22.2 79.4

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for Washington Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,443

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Washington Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1246th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2288th of 2802 Middle schools
 35.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Washington Middle)34.924.1
 10.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Long Beach Unified)50.744.1
 6.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Washington Middle)39.115.7
 23.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Long Beach Unified)45.933.3
 12.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Washington Middle)46.926.3
 20.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Long Beach Unified)55.249.5
 5.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Washington Middle)41.314.7
 26.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Long Beach Unified)44.332.5
 11.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Washington Middle)40.728.8
 11.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Long Beach Unified)52.546.9
 5.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Washington Middle)46.211.6
 34.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Long Beach Unified)41.828.1
 13.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Washington Middle)19.79.2
 10.5%
   8th Grade Science (Long Beach Unified)28.223
 5.2%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students1061941
 11.3%
African American97102
 5.2%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian3330
 9.1%
Hispanic893778
 12.9%
Pacific Islander31
 66.7%
White1110
 9.1%
Two or More Races2219
 13.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients95%77%
 18%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 889 students attended Washington Middle.

Students who attend Washington Middle usually go on to attend Cabrillo High

Students at Washington Middle are 82% Hispanic, 11% African American, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races, 2% White.

Washington Middle ranks in the bottom 22.8% of California middle schools.


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