Julia B. Morrison Elementary

Set in Norwalk, California, Julia B. Morrison Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, one of the schools within Norwalk-La Mirada Unified. It serves 548 students across grades K through 5.

Julia B. Morrison Elementary is one of 25 schools operated by Norwalk-La Mirada Unified, a district that enrolls 14,560 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Julia B. Morrison Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Other groups include 6% Asian, 3% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Julia B. Morrison Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Julia B. Morrison Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Julia B. Morrison Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.7%; Julia B. Morrison Elementary posts 54.9%, +19.2 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Julia B. Morrison Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Norwalk High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Julia B. Morrison Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 27%: 750 students in 2018 compared to 548 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.8:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 in 2025.

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