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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Nettie L. Waite Middle this year?
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Enrollment
462
Middle
DISTRICT 682 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIED·NCES 062769004184
Nettie L. Waite Middle
14320 South Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 · (562) 210-4370 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of California public middle schools
- C-Test 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.
- AThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
381 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 127 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 156 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 179 | 39% |
Student demographics
17%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
34.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.2pp since 2014
Math
18.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.5% | 24.7% | 27.1% | 38.6% |
| Math | 5.9% | 12.1% | 21.8% | 60.2% |
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 | 34.2% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 11.8% |
| 2022-23 | 27.8% | 8.5% |
| 2021-22 | 25.1% | 7.9% |
| 2018-19 | 30.5% | 16.0% |
| 2017-18 | 27.9% | 16.3% |
| 2016-17 | 26.0% | 15.6% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Nettie L. Waite Middle
Nettie L. Waite Middle's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nettie L. Waite Middle this school | 462 | 82.5% | 24.1% |
| Padilla-Pace Middle Brawley | 445 | 83.8% | 35.1% |
| Nicolas Junior High Fullerton | 539 | 82.6% | 30.1% |
| Lakeside Middle Norwalk | 509 | 79.8% | 52.5% |
| James Jordan Middle Reseda | 456 | 87.1% | N/A |
| STEAM Academy @ Burke Pico Rivera | 534 | 82.2% | 38.3% |
Matched among California middle 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 Nettie L. Waite Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #933 of 1,224 | #200 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #925 of 1,227 ▲ 135 | #206 of 248 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #879 of 1,227 ▼ 34 | #194 of 248 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.6pp | #91 of 1,214 | #37 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #988 of 1,377 | #221 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #379 of 1,279 | #100 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.1% | #1,092 of 1,278 | #221 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #473 of 1,329 | #165 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #293 of 930 | #87 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
462
-65 (-12%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 711
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 462 | 23.8 | 19.4:1 | 82% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 23.2 | 22.3:1 | 80% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 26.4 | 21.5:1 | 77% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 22 | 23.9:1 | 85% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 27.1 | 21.8:1 | 92% (540) |
| 2015-16 | 672 | 26 | 25.9:1 | 90% (603) |
| 2010-11 | 873 | N/A | N/A | 87% (761) |
| 2000-01 | 855 | 37 | 23.1:1 | 81% (694) |
| 1990-91 | 711 | 28 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nettie L. Waite Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (590 to 462); teachers down 12% (27.1 to 23.8).
About Nettie L. Waite Middle
Nettie L. Waite Middle is one of the public schools in Norwalk, California. It is a small middle school. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 462 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
The district, Norwalk-La Mirada Unified, operates 25 schools serving 14,560 students.
At Nettie L. Waite Middle, Hispanic students make up 91% of the student body. It is also 3% Asian and 2% multiracial. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 43 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Nettie L. Waite Middle comes in at 17%.
The count of teachers at Nettie L. Waite Middle is 23.8 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 19.4:1. Among middle schools in California, the typical ratio is 20.7:1. The school counts 381 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 82%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Nettie L. Waite Middle is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Nettie L. Waite Middle's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (24.1%) and its predicted rate (31.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Los Angeles County has about 9,808,667 residents, and median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The closest other public school is Thomas B. Moffitt Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Nettie L. Waite Middle ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 24.1% versus a 37.0% average.
NCES describes the area around Nettie L. Waite Middle as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 462, 12% below the 527 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 23.9 in 2020-21 to 19.4 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Thomas B. Moffitt Elementary0.6 mi · 509
- Earl E. Edmondson Elementary0.6 mi · 352
- John Dolland Elementary0.6 mi · 586
- Los Alisos Middle0.9 mi · 920
- Julia B. Morrison Elementary1.0 mi · 548
- John H. Nuffer Elementary1.0 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Nettie L. Waite MiddleHow many students attend Nettie L. Waite Middle?
Nettie L. Waite Middle enrolls approximately 462 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Nettie L. Waite Middle serve?
Nettie L. Waite Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Nettie L. Waite Middle have?
Nettie L. Waite Middle employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nettie L. Waite Middle?
At Nettie L. Waite Middle, the student body is approximately 1% White, 91% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Nettie L. Waite Middle?
Nettie L. Waite Middle 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.