Enrollment
316
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIED·NCES 062769004182
John H. Nuffer Elementary
14821 South Jersey Ave., Norwalk, CA 90650 · (562) 210-4060 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
23.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
248 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 | 62 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
23%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
31.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.8pp since 2014
Math
23.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.5% | 16.2% | 20.9% | 47.3% |
| Math | 6.0% | 17.4% | 25.5% | 51.0% |
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 | 31.8% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.8% | 18.6% |
| 2022-23 | 31.8% | 25.3% |
| 2021-22 | 28.2% | 21.8% |
| 2018-19 | 30.1% | 18.9% |
| 2017-18 | 36.1% | 19.6% |
| 2016-17 | 23.7% | 23.1% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 John H. Nuffer Elementary
John H. Nuffer Elementary's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John H. Nuffer Elementary this school | 316 | 78.5% | 27.1% |
| Valinda School of Academics Valinda | 306 | 77.8% | 31.9% |
| Paddison Elementary Norwalk | 296 | 79.7% | 55.3% |
| New River Elementary Norwalk | 319 | 78.7% | 32.1% |
| Palomar Elementary Chula Vista | 319 | 77.7% | 55.8% |
| City Terrace Elementary Los Angeles | 313 | 78.6% | 56.3% |
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 John H. Nuffer Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #3,840 of 5,151 | #953 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #3,941 of 5,172 ▲ 385 | #990 of 1,129 ▲ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #3,797 of 5,172 ▼ 544 | #929 of 1,129 ▼ 144 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #2,442 of 5,116 | #616 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #4,629 of 5,915 | #1,023 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,079 of 5,352 | #749 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.8% | #4,282 of 5,354 | #820 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #2,321 of 5,625 | #728 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #869 of 1,139 | #142 of 181 |
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
316
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 316 | 13.7 | 23.1:1 | 78% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 15.2 | 24.4:1 | 84% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 16.5 | 20.7:1 | 79% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 14 | 21.8:1 | 84% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 15 | 20.4:1 | 89% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 16 | 23.4:1 | 89% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | N/A | N/A | 88% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 37 | 17.9:1 | 70% (468) |
| 1990-91 | 643 | 31 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John H. Nuffer Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (306 to 316); teachers down 9% (15 to 13.7).
About John H. Nuffer Elementary
John H. Nuffer Elementary is a small elementary school in Norwalk, California, one of the schools in Norwalk-La Mirada Unified. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 316 students. That is 32% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified has 14,560 students in 25 schools, and John H. Nuffer Elementary is one of those schools.
At John H. Nuffer Elementary, 88% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
John H. Nuffer Elementary lists 13.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 23.1 students per teacher. The school's 23.1:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 78% of the student body. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Among California public elementary schools, John H. Nuffer Elementary outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, John H. Nuffer Elementary is 6.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 27.1%. Predicted: 33.6%.
For Los Angeles County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, John H. Nuffer Elementary among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Los Alisos Middle, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, John H. Nuffer Elementary is 9th among 9 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 316, up from 305 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 21.8:1 to 23.1:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Norwalk-La Mirada Unified
- Norwalk HighHigh · 2,075 students
- La Mirada HighHigh · 1,726 students
- Los Alisos MiddleMiddle · 920 students
- John H. Glenn HighHigh · 882 students
- Reginald M. Benton MiddleMiddle · 718 students
- Corvallis MiddleMiddle · 663 students
Other schools in Norwalk
- Norwalk HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Los Alisos MiddleMiddle · 920 students
- John H. Glenn HighHigh · 882 students
- Corvallis MiddleMiddle · 663 students
- John Dolland ElementaryElementary · 586 students
- Julia B. Morrison ElementaryElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- Los Alisos Middle0.1 mi · 920
- Loretta Lampton Elementary0.4 mi · 406
- Earl E. Edmondson Elementary0.6 mi · 352
- Norwalk High0.8 mi · 2,075
- Anna M. Glazier Elementary0.8 mi · 388
- Corvallis Middle0.9 mi · 663
Frequently asked questions
About John H. Nuffer ElementaryHow large is John H. Nuffer Elementary?
John H. Nuffer Elementary enrolls approximately 316 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does John H. Nuffer Elementary serve?
John H. Nuffer Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John H. Nuffer Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John H. Nuffer Elementary is approximately 23.1:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is John H. Nuffer Elementary?
John H. Nuffer Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees John H. Nuffer Elementary?
John H. Nuffer Elementary is overseen by Norwalk-La Mirada Unified in Los Angeles County.
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