Nora Sterry Elementary

Nora Sterry Elementary, a small K-5 school in Los Angeles, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, works with 188 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Nora Sterry Elementary sits 60% below that benchmark.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Nora Sterry Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nora Sterry Elementary shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 12% White, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Nora Sterry Elementary logs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Nora Sterry Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Nora Sterry Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.4%; this one delivers 37.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put 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. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Nora Sterry Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: New West Charter, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nora Sterry Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nora Sterry Elementary has shrank 34%, going from 286 students in 2018 to 188 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 14% to 10%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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