D. D. Johnston Elementary

As a small elementary school in Norwalk, California, D. D. Johnston Elementary enrolls 361 students from grades K through 5, operated by Norwalk-La Mirada Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Within Norwalk-La Mirada Unified, which oversees 25 schools and 14,560 students, D. D. Johnston Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, D. D. Johnston Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%); the rest looks like 4% Asian, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, D. D. Johnston Elementary reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), D. D. Johnston Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.8%, the actual is 38.9%, a residual of +3.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which D. D. Johnston Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Norwalk High, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts D. D. Johnston Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. D. D. Johnston Elementary's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 361). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 81% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.