Twain Elementary School

5021 East Centralia Street

School District

Long Beach Unified
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:26
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on April 10, 2024

My child loves his school and loves learning at Twain! His teachers have done a great job in motivating the students by making learning fun and exciting. I hope that the next few years will bring about the same results. Bullying is not tolerated at the school and incidents are handled immediately with rough punishment for the offending students. My son is in 1st grade and feels comfortable going directly to the Principals office whenever ever he feels it is warranted. This amazes me and tells me it is a safe space for him. They are big on family engagement and teachers communicate with parents via email, phone and the school app weekly. So far the staff, PTA and parents at Twain have been doing their best for the education of the children. Additional weekend and weekday learning opportunities are also offered at Twain and we make sure we take advantage. The school is very diverse - welcoming children and parents from all kinds of background. The school also provides support and accommodations for special need children doing their best to always include them in all group and school activities whenever possible.
Submitted by parent on January 29, 2024

I have seen so much progress since the new principal has joined Twain. He is wonderful and is working hard to add programs and student support. His leadership is awesome! My children are enjoying the school too.
Submitted by parent on January 30, 2018

Excellent staff and starting to move towards more creative learning to maintain with trending learning techniques.
Submitted by parent on November 18, 2016

We have been with this school since 2008, all three of our chiidren have gone there, we have one left in the 4th grade. They have been taking away programs/activities more and more each year. They do not have the monthly student awards they always had, they used to fundraising prize that students looked forward to each year has been taken. They do not go on many field trips. They stopped the field trips to Knotts for gold rush in 4th grade , something that I even went to as a 4th grader in another school. They have limited after school programs. We miss the principal Ms.Ryan it seems this stuff started changing since she was transvered to another school. She had a unique relationship with all the students there, taking the time to get to know every student. My kids have noticed the changes since she left.
Submitted by parent on September 23, 2015

I feel this school is unfortunately way overrated for its current condition in 2015. Take a notice of how old the rest of the reviews/comments are!We have been there for three years and the only positive I can mention are the teachers we have had. They are great with children and have high expectations. Their rigorous curriculum really sets the bar high and my daughter has been able to achieve success! Mrs. Lucas in Kinder and Mrs. Mitchell is 1st grade are amazing!From what I gather from friends and my own experiences, the staff are great with high achieving and GATE students, but the interventions for struggling students is lacking.Other than good teachers, this school has very little to offer. There are NO after-school enrichment activities, just supervision on the playground. The monthly student awards ceremony was taken away which is highly disappointing. There is no sense of community or school pride. This school should be doing its best to sell itself to the public. It is not and I am not impressed. The building is in poor condition with painting peeling off the classroom walls...shame! The PTA seems friendly for the most part. I do like the valet system they have that is run by volunteers. Twain has dropped in reputation over the past few years for good reason. They were a Blue Ribbon School, but that was almost 20 years ago. A lot has changed since then. My daughter is happy there, but she doesn't see what we see. I love the neighborhood and the fact that we can walk to school, but we are currently shopping around for a better school experience.
Submitted by parent on September 11, 2011

As a parent of twins with Autism finding the right school to meet their needs has and will always be my priority. The last 4 years at Twain has been outstanding. The teachers, principal, counselor, etc have always been supportive of my children and their special needs. I could always talk to them about needs and issues that were developing and we worked together to ensure my children had what they needed to be successful. The schoool always includes kids with special needs in any and all activities that the regular ed kids were doing. This made my children and I feel like part of the Twain family. I wish my kids could stay at this school until 12th grade with same wonderful staff that has helped them developed in so many areas during the past 4 years.
Submitted by parent on April 15, 2010

2 generations of my family have gone to this wonderful neighborhood school! The staff, teachers, and parents are wonderful. It really is a great place of community!
Submitted by parent on April 13, 2010

Mark Twain Elementary school is a California Distinguished school as well as a Blue Ribbon school. The teaching staff is great with a willingness to keep me in the loop with any issues that my children may have. This allows me to partner with the teachers to better support my children.