Los Alisos Middle

Los Alisos Middle, a mid-sized junior high in Norwalk, California, run under Norwalk-La Mirada Unified, hosts 920 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 40% larger than typical.

Norwalk-La Mirada Unified comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 14,560 students; Los Alisos Middle is among them.

Demographically, Los Alisos Middle lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%); the rest is composed of 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% White, 2% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Los Alisos Middle records 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.6:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Los Alisos Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Los Alisos Middle is one campus in the mix.

John H. Nuffer Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Los Alisos Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Los Alisos Middle at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.9%.

Los Alisos Middle operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Los Alisos Middle has shrank 23%, going from 1,188 students in 2018 to 920 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 26.6:1 in 2025.

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