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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

MacArthur Elementary, Lakewood, CA

CEP schoolMacArthur Elementary is a public elementary school in Lakewood, part of Long Beach Unified. It enrolled 340 students in 2024-25, with 21.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
340
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Students per teacher
21.2
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 2.5 lower than the district figure of 23.7. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school21.2
District23.7
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
6011 Centralia St., Lakewood, CA 90713
Phone
(562)420-3588
District
Long Beach Unified
County
Los Angeles County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
062250002740
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
127
Reduced-price lunch
35
Free or reduced-price lunch
16247.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
92Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Long Beach Unified

Elementary schools elsewhere in Lakewood

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.