Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIED·NCES 062769004171
D. D. Johnston Elementary
13421 South Fairford Ave., Norwalk, CA 90650 · (562) 210-3120 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
265 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 89 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 82% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
53.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +29.7pp since 2014
Math
43.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +30.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 30 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.2% | 26.5% | 15.7% | 30.6% |
| Math | 18.4% | 25.2% | 23.8% | 32.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 43.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 33.5% |
| 2022-23 | 45.8% | 40.5% |
| 2021-22 | 48.4% | 32.8% |
| 2018-19 | 55.2% | 41.7% |
| 2017-18 | 48.7% | 42.3% |
| 2016-17 | 39.7% | 34.6% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 13.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like D. D. Johnston Elementary
D. D. Johnston Elementary's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. D. Johnston Elementary this school | 361 | 73.4% | 44.0% |
| Silver Wing Elementary San Diego | 335 | 75.5% | 36.1% |
| Loretta Lampton Elementary Norwalk | 406 | 73.4% | 45.6% |
| Chavez (Cesar) Elementary San Francisco | 397 | 74.1% | 14.8% |
| Loma Verde Elementary Chula Vista | 419 | 72.3% | 36.1% |
| Central Elementary Imperial Beach | 350 | 73.7% | 15.8% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where D. D. Johnston Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,158 of 5,151 | #510 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #2,033 of 5,172 ▲ 691 | #504 of 1,129 ▲ 168 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #1,772 of 5,172 ▲ 599 | #397 of 1,129 ▲ 147 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #913 of 5,116 | #314 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #4,174 of 5,915 | #904 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,466 of 5,352 | #656 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.1% | #4,414 of 5,354 | #874 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #2,737 of 5,625 | #823 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #3,172 of 3,837 | #832 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
361
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 23.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 361 | 16.2 | 22.3:1 | 73% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 16.4 | 22.1:1 | 78% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 16.5 | 21.6:1 | 72% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 16 | 23.6:1 | 82% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 15 | 25.7:1 | 86% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 15 | 26.3:1 | 86% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | N/A | N/A | 82% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 33 | 20.8:1 | 64% (440) |
| 1990-91 | 672 | 27 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for D. D. Johnston Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (385 to 361); teachers up 8% (15 to 16.2).
About D. D. Johnston Elementary
D. D. Johnston Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Norwalk, California. Enrollment stands at 361 students, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 22% below the average for elementary schools in California.
A total of 25 schools make up Norwalk-La Mirada Unified, with 14,560 students enrolled.
D. D. Johnston Elementary is 89% Hispanic by enrollment. The next largest groups are 4% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, D. D. Johnston Elementary scores 20%.
The school lists 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A total of 265 students, or 73%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
D. D. Johnston Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of California public elementary schools.
D. D. Johnston Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.0% and a predicted 36.5%.
In Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including D. D. Johnston Elementary.
The closest school to D. D. Johnston Elementary is Norwalk High, located about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. D. D. Johnston Elementary's average proficiency of 44.0% compares with 41.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for D. D. Johnston Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 23.6 in 2020-21 to 22.3 in 2024-25.
D. D. Johnston Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
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- Norwalk HighHigh · 2,075 students
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- Corvallis Middle0.3 mi · 663
- New River Elementary0.3 mi · 319
- Julia B. Morrison Elementary0.6 mi · 548
- Loretta Lampton Elementary0.9 mi · 406
- William W. Orr Elementary1.0 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About D. D. Johnston ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at D. D. Johnston Elementary?
D. D. Johnston Elementary enrolls approximately 361 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does D. D. Johnston Elementary serve?
D. D. Johnston Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does D. D. Johnston Elementary have?
D. D. Johnston Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
What is the student diversity at D. D. Johnston Elementary?
Student demographics at D. D. Johnston Elementary are roughly 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is D. D. Johnston Elementary public or private?
D. D. Johnston Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Norwalk-La Mirada Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.