# Jessie Nelson Academy *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/jessie-nelson-academy-signal-hill/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/jessie-nelson-academy-signal-hill --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `062250002708` - **School name**: Jessie Nelson Academy - **Location**: Signal Hill, CA 90755 - **Address**: 1951 Cherry Ave. - **District**: Long Beach Unified (LEAID `0622500`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Middle - **Grade range**: 6–8 - **Coordinates**: 33.79302, -118.16957 - **Phone**: (562)591-6041 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 832 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 32 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 26.0:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 80.5% ## State accountability rating - **System**: CA Dashboard - **Year**: 2024 - **Overall rating**: Orange - **Indicators**: - elpi: Orange - math: Orange - ela: Orange - chronic_absent: Red ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2024 - **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 38.9% proficient — 755 tested - **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 38.0% proficient - **Math (CA SBAC)**: 38.0% proficient ## Attendance - **2024**: chronic absence 29.4% (255 students) [source: ca_dashboard] - **2020**: chronic absence 12.9% (106 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 1.3% (11 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 1.1% (9 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 79.1% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 14.7% — 120 students - **English Learners**: 16.9% — 138 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 72 students - **Autism**: 12 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 10 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 4 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 1 students - **Multiple Disabilities**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Gifted & Talented ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $20,443 - **Federal share**: $4,093 - **State + local share**: $16,350 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 818 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $19,439,829 - **Federal share**: 15.4% - **State share**: 60.1% - **Local share**: 24.5% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $10,045,934 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $81,131 - **Poverty rate**: 7.2% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 26.2% - **Unemployment**: 7.0% - **Median gross rent**: $1,756 - **Foreign-born residents**: 30.5% - **Single-parent households**: 9.6% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 7.8 miles (DEL AMO) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 4 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 92 - **Nearest brownfield**: 0.29 miles (NORTH FLANK OF THE HILL SITE) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: SIGNAL HILL - CITY, WATER DEPT. - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 10 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2025-04-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 11.3449 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 0.1 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **Robinson Academy** — 0.3 mi away, 27.9% (this school: 29.4%) - **Signal Hill Elementary** — 0.4 mi away, 22.8% (this school: 29.4%) - **Clear Passage Educational Center** — 0.9 mi away, 0% (this school: 29.4%) - **Polytechnic High** — 0.9 mi away, 2.58% (this school: 29.4%) - **Richard D. Browning High** — 0.9 mi away, 3.37% (this school: 29.4%) ### ela proficiency - **Alvarado Elementary** — 0.1 mi away, 56.2% (this school: 38.45%) - **Polytechnic High** — 0.9 mi away, 65% (this school: 38.45%) - **Lincoln Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 45% (this school: 38.45%) - **Roosevelt Elementary** — 1.1 mi away, 38.9% (this school: 38.45%) - **Willard Elementary** — 1.2 mi away, 60.6% (this school: 38.45%) ### math proficiency - **Polytechnic High** — 0.9 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%) - **Willard Elementary** — 1.2 mi away, 80% (this school: 38%) - **Stevenson Elementary** — 1.6 mi away, 80% (this school: 38%) - **Jefferson Leadership Academies** — 1.7 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%) - **Mann Elementary** — 2.0 mi away, 66% (this school: 38%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/jessie-nelson-academy-signal-hill - **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/jessie-nelson-academy-signal-hill/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/jessie-nelson-academy-signal-hill/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/jessie-nelson-academy-signal-hill/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/jessie-nelson-academy-signal-hill/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/jessie-nelson-academy-signal-hill/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/jessie-nelson-academy-signal-hill/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/jessie-nelson-academy-signal-hill/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/jessie-nelson-academy-signal-hill/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/jessie-nelson-academy-signal-hill/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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