Normont Elementary

Located at 1001 West 253rd St., in Harbor City, California, Normont Elementary is a modestly sized elementary campus that enrolls 270 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Normont Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Normont Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%; the rest breaks down as 22% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Normont Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Normont Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.8%, the actual is 26.9%, a residual of +6.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Normont Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Harbor City Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Normont Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Normont Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Normont Elementary's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 313 (now 270). Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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