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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIED·NCES 062769004177
Julia B. Morrison Elementary
13510 South Maidstone, Norwalk, CA 90650 · (562) 210-3710 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
410 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 108 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
26%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
56.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.4pp since 2014
Math
65.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +35.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 36 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.8% | 19.6% | 19.9% | 23.7% |
| Math | 37.6% | 28.2% | 19.9% | 14.3% |
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 | 56.4% | 65.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 45.9% |
| 2022-23 | 48.7% | 52.2% |
| 2021-22 | 52.9% | 48.9% |
| 2018-19 | 54.8% | 47.3% |
| 2017-18 | 63.5% | 53.6% |
| 2016-17 | 57.9% | 47.4% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in California's top 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 Julia B. Morrison Elementary
Julia B. Morrison Elementary's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julia B. Morrison Elementary this school | 548 | 74.8% | 54.9% |
| Maxwell Academy (PK-8) Duarte | 504 | 74.2% | 36.2% |
| John Dolland Elementary Norwalk | 586 | 73.7% | 49.3% |
| Rio Del Mar Oxnard | 499 | 75.8% | 33.3% |
| Grant Elementary Richmond | 551 | 73.7% | 6.2% |
| Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary Anaheim | 604 | 75.2% | 34.7% |
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 Julia B. Morrison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #1,412 of 5,151 | #322 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #789 of 5,172 ▲ 966 | #179 of 1,129 ▲ 224 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #1,590 of 5,172 ▲ 208 | #358 of 1,129 ▲ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.2pp | #596 of 5,116 | #225 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #1,888 of 5,915 | #374 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #3,487 of 5,352 | #825 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.6% | #4,153 of 5,354 | #788 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.8% | #2,630 of 5,625 | #805 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #766 of 3,837 | #317 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
548
-112 (-17%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 745
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 548 | 23.2 | 23.7:1 | 75% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 23.3 | 24.0:1 | 76% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 24.4 | 23.8:1 | 67% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 660 | 26 | 25.4:1 | 77% (508) |
| 2017-18 | 750 | 27 | 27.8:1 | 83% (619) |
| 2015-16 | 795 | 29 | 27.4:1 | 82% (648) |
| 2010-11 | 675 | N/A | N/A | 80% (539) |
| 2000-01 | 769 | 37 | 20.8:1 | 64% (492) |
| 1990-91 | 745 | 27 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Julia B. Morrison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (750 to 548); teachers down 14% (27 to 23.2).
About Julia B. Morrison Elementary
Julia B. Morrison Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Norwalk, California. It enrolls 548 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Across its 25 schools, Norwalk-La Mirada Unified enrolls 14,560 students. Julia B. Morrison Elementary is one of those schools.
The share of students at Julia B. Morrison Elementary who are Hispanic is 86%. Other students are 6% Asian, 3% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. A diversity index of 26% means there is a 26% chance two randomly chosen students at Julia B. Morrison Elementary are from different groups.
With 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.7:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Julia B. Morrison Elementary, 75% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Julia B. Morrison Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.7%. The school's actual rate is 54.9%, 19.2 points higher.
Census data for Los Angeles County show median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Julia B. Morrison Elementary among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Norwalk High, is about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 37.5%; Julia B. Morrison Elementary's is 54.9%, ranking 2nd of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 660 (2020-21) to 548 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 23.7:1, from 25.4:1.
Julia B. Morrison Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 509 students
Nearby schools
- Norwalk High0.4 mi · 2,075
- D. D. Johnston Elementary0.6 mi · 361
- Corvallis Middle0.7 mi · 663
- William W. Orr Elementary0.8 mi · 353
- New River Elementary0.9 mi · 319
- Los Alisos Middle0.9 mi · 920
Frequently asked questions
About Julia B. Morrison ElementaryHow many students attend Julia B. Morrison Elementary?
Julia B. Morrison Elementary enrolls approximately 548 students in grades KG-05.
Is Julia B. Morrison Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Julia B. Morrison Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Julia B. Morrison Elementary?
Approximately 23.7:1 students per teacher at Julia B. Morrison Elementary.
How diverse is Julia B. Morrison Elementary?
Julia B. Morrison Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 86% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Julia B. Morrison Elementary?
Julia B. Morrison Elementary is overseen by Norwalk-La Mirada Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.