Jessie Nelson Academy (Long Beach Unified SCH DIST.), California - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Jessie Nelson Academy is a Middle in Signal Hill, CA. It currently serves 818 students (grades 06-08). The school is part of the Long Beach Unified School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

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Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Middle
Number of Students:818
Number of Teachers: 36
Student/Teacher Ratio: 22.70

Location Info

Location: 1951 Cherry Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755
Mailing Address: 1951 Cherry Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755-5823
Phone: (562)591-6041
Website:
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 6 272
Grade 7 280
Grade 8 266
Gender/Sex of Jessie Nelson Academy Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 414 50.61
Female 404 49.39
Race/Ethnicity Demography of Jessie Nelson Academy Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 180 22.01
Black or African American 100 12.23
Hispanic/Latino 491 60.02
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.24
Two or more races 30 3.67
White 15 1.83
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 97 23.43
Black or African American 57 13.77
Hispanic/Latino 233 56.28
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.48
Two or more races 16 3.87
White 9 2.17
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 83 20.55
Black or African American 43 10.64
Hispanic/Latino 258 63.86
Two or more races 14 3.47
White 6 1.49

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 6 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 61 22.43
Black or African American 36 13.24
Hispanic/Latino 162 59.56
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.37
Two or more races 8 2.94
White 4 1.47
Grade 7 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 65 23.21
Black or African American 29 10.36
Hispanic/Latino 165 58.93
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.36
Two or more races 13 4.64
White 7 2.50
Grade 8 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 54 20.30
Black or African American 35 13.16
Hispanic/Latino 164 61.65
Two or more races 9 3.38
White 4 1.50