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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIED·NCES 062769004174
Loretta Lampton Elementary
14716 Elmcroft Ave., Norwalk, CA 90650 · (562) 210-3255 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
298 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 | 82 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
22%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
45.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.8pp since 2014
Math
43.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.3% | 30.5% | 21.7% | 32.5% |
| Math | 19.3% | 24.3% | 25.7% | 30.7% |
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 | 45.8% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 47.1% |
| 2022-23 | 39.5% | 43.4% |
| 2021-22 | 33.9% | 29.0% |
| 2018-19 | 49.3% | 46.3% |
| 2017-18 | 47.7% | 38.2% |
| 2016-17 | 40.2% | 32.7% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Loretta Lampton Elementary
Loretta Lampton Elementary's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loretta Lampton Elementary this school | 406 | 73.4% | 45.6% |
| Sunset Elementary Fresno | 413 | 74.6% | 53.5% |
| Soleil Academy Charter Lynwood | 385 | 75.1% | N/A |
| D. D. Johnston Elementary Norwalk | 361 | 73.4% | 44.0% |
| Chavez (Cesar) Elementary San Francisco | 397 | 74.1% | 14.8% |
| 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 Loretta Lampton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #2,021 of 5,151 | #469 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #2,029 of 5,172 ▼ 338 | #503 of 1,129 ▼ 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #2,383 of 5,172 ▼ 189 | #567 of 1,129 ▼ 66 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.2pp | #290 of 5,116 | #117 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #3,630 of 5,915 | #776 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,646 of 5,352 | #687 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #4,312 of 5,354 | #831 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #2,738 of 5,625 | #824 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.7% | #355 of 3,837 | #164 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
406
-88 (-18%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 406 | 18 | 22.6:1 | 73% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 20.2 | 22.1:1 | 80% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 20.3 | 22.5:1 | 65% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 20 | 24.7:1 | 76% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 25 | 24.5:1 | 78% (478) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 23 | 29.6:1 | 74% (506) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | N/A | N/A | 73% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 721 | 32 | 22.5:1 | 49% (353) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 26 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loretta Lampton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (612 to 406); teachers down 28% (25 to 18).
About Loretta Lampton Elementary
Loretta Lampton Elementary runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Norwalk, California. The student body numbers 406 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Loretta Lampton Elementary is one school in Norwalk-La Mirada Unified, a system of 25 schools with 14,560 students.
About 88% of the student body at Loretta Lampton Elementary is Hispanic. Other students are 4% Black, 2% White, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 22%, meaning two students picked at random have a 22% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Loretta Lampton Elementary is 18 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 22.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The school counts 298 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 73%.
In California, Loretta Lampton Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 45.6% actual against a predicted 36.5%.
Within Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
The closest public school to Loretta Lampton Elementary is Anna M. Glazier Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Loretta Lampton Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Loretta Lampton Elementary ranks 1st on proficiency.
Loretta Lampton Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Loretta Lampton Elementary's enrollment declined from 494 in 2020-21 to 406 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 24.7 in 2020-21 to 22.6 in 2024-25.
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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
- Anna M. Glazier Elementary0.4 mi · 388
- John H. Nuffer Elementary0.4 mi · 316
- Los Alisos Middle0.5 mi · 920
- Corvallis Middle0.7 mi · 663
- Norwalk High0.8 mi · 2,075
- D. D. Johnston Elementary0.9 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Loretta Lampton ElementaryHow large is Loretta Lampton Elementary?
Loretta Lampton Elementary enrolls approximately 406 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Loretta Lampton Elementary serve?
Loretta Lampton Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Loretta Lampton Elementary have?
Loretta Lampton Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Loretta Lampton Elementary?
Student demographics at Loretta Lampton Elementary are roughly 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Loretta Lampton Elementary in?
Loretta Lampton Elementary is part of Norwalk-La Mirada Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.