| School Name | API (2009) | API (2008) |
| California Academy of Mathematics and Science | 975 | 962 |
| Naples Elementary | 966 | 936 |
| Gant Elementary | 940 | 926 |
| Lowell Elementary | 935 | 910 |
| Fremont Elementary | 927 | 925 |
| Newcomb Elementary | 912 | 883 |
| Longfellow Elementary | 887 | 861 |
| Kettering Elementary | 879 | 867 |
| Prisk Elementary | 879 | 873 |
| Carver Elementary | 878 | 864 |
| Rogers Middle | 875 | 865 |
| Cubberley Elementary | 873 | 845 |
| Stanford Middle | 872 | 865 |
| Signal Hill Elementary | 870 | 857 |
| Emerson Parkside Academy Charter | 869 | 833 |
| Twain Elementary | 865 | 867 |
| Madison Elementary | 863 | 836 |
| Bancroft Middle | 842 | 810 |
| Tincher Elementary | 840 | 843 |
| Hughes Middle | 837 | 812 |
| Henry Elementary | 836 | 813 |
| Los Cerritos Elementary | 832 | 802 |
| Alvarado (Juan Bautista) Elementary | 832 | 849 |
| Hill Middle | 829 | 809 |
| Buffum Elementary | 828 | 818 |
| Cleveland Elementary | 820 | 817 |
| Mann Elementary | 819 | 817 |
| Bryant Elementary | 818 | 793 |
| Bixby Elementary | 812 | 785 |
| Lafayette Elementary | 811 | 790 |
| Hudson | 807 | 798 |
| Lee Elementary | 804 | 783 |
| Burroughs Elementary | 798 | 711 |
| International Elementary | 797 | 786 |
| Muir Elementary | 794 | 774 |
| King Elementary | 789 | 768 |
| Gompers Elementary | 787 | 780 |
| Keller Elementary | 785 | 790 |
| Riley Elementary | 785 | 777 |
| Roosevelt Elementary | 785 | 772 |
| Addams Elementary | 780 | 759 |
| Burcham Elementary | 779 | 751 |
| Stevenson Elementary | 779 | 772 |
| Dooley Elementary | 778 | 783 |
| Jackie Robinson Elementary | 778 | 778 |
| Monroe Elementary | 777 | 770 |
| Whittier Elementary | 775 | 756 |
| Edison Elementary | 773 | 810 |
| Birney Elementary | 772 | 782 |
| Harte Elementary | 771 | 767 |
| McKinley Elementary | 766 | 727 |
| Webster Elementary | 765 | 778 |
| Burnett Elementary | 762 | 758 |
| Hoover Middle | 762 | 753 |
| Holmes Elementary | 760 | 759 |
| MacArthur Elementary | 756 | 744 |
| Avalon K-12 | 755 | 757 |
| Barton Elementary | 755 | 743 |
| Lincoln Elementary | 751 | 754 |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary | 747 | 750 |
| Polytechnic High | 747 | 741 |
| Burbank Elementary | 746 | 757 |
| Garfield Elementary | 743 | 716 |
| Grant Elementary | 738 | 747 |
| Lakewood High | 734 | 727 |
| Wilson High | 730 | 740 |
| DeMille Middle | 729 | 700 |
| Colin L. Powell Academy for Success | 722 | 714 |
| Renaissance High School for the Arts | 719 | 693 |
| Lindbergh Middle | 708 | 702 |
| Perry Lindsey Academy | 700 | 664 |
| Willard Elementary | 700 | 712 |
| Millikan Senior High | 697 | 691 |
| Washington Middle | 693 | 662 |
| Hamilton Middle | 691 | 663 |
| Marshall Middle | 691 | 662 |
| Stephens Middle | 673 | 672 |
| New City | 673 | 657 |
| Constellation Community Charter Middle | 667 | 620 |
| Jefferson Leadership Academies | 656 | 632 |
| Franklin Classical Middle | 648 | 617 |
| Cabrillo (Juan Rodriguez) High | 636 | 626 |
| Mary Butler Elementary | 626 | 670 |
| Jordan High | 599 | 621 |
| Educational Partnership High | 544 | 522 |
| Reid Senior High | 540 | 508 |
| Rosie the Riveter Charter High | 448 | 0 |
| Focus Community Day (Elementary) | | |
| Select Community Day (Secondary) | | |
| MATTIE Academy | | |
| Long Beach Adult | | |
| Tucker Elementary | | |
| Two Harbors Elementary | | |