Cyrus J. Morris Elementary

Set in Walnut, California, Cyrus J. Morris Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Walnut Valley Unified. It educates 485 students across grades K through 5.

Walnut Valley Unified runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 13,992 students. Cyrus J. Morris Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Cyrus J. Morris Elementary reports that 71% of the student body identifies as Asian; the rest reads as 24% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cyrus J. Morris Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Cyrus J. Morris Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Vejar Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cyrus J. Morris Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 500 students in 2018 compared to 485 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 48% to 71%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.