John H. Nuffer Elementary

John H. Nuffer Elementary is a cozy primary school in Norwalk, California, operated by Norwalk-La Mirada Unified. The school works with 316 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 32% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 25 schools in Norwalk-La Mirada Unified (14,560 students total), John H. Nuffer Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John H. Nuffer Elementary reports that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, John H. Nuffer Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting John H. Nuffer Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John H. Nuffer Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. John H. Nuffer Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Los Alisos Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, John H. Nuffer Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 306 students in 2018 compared to 316 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

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