Nettie L. Waite Middle

As a compact 6-8 campus in Norwalk, California, Nettie L. Waite Middle caters to 462 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Norwalk-La Mirada Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Nettie L. Waite Middle sits 30% below that benchmark.

Nettie L. Waite Middle is one of 25 schools operated by Norwalk-La Mirada Unified, a district that hosts 14,560 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Nettie L. Waite Middle lists that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Nettie L. Waite Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.4%, the actual is 22.4%, a residual of -8.0 points.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Nettie L. Waite Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Thomas B. Moffitt Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nettie L. Waite Middle at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.0%.

Nettie L. Waite Middle operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 590 students in 2018 compared to 462 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

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