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What's something Norwalk High does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
2,075
High
DISTRICT 1,235 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIED·NCES 062769004180
Norwalk High
11356 East Leffingwell Rd., Norwalk, CA 90650 · (562) 210-3830 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,075 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of California public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
1,617 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 573 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 523 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 488 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 491 | 24% |
Student demographics
21%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
61.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.6pp since 2014
Math
25.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.3% | 33.3% | 22.3% | 16.1% |
| Math | 8.1% | 17.6% | 23.3% | 51.0% |
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 | 61.6% | 25.6% |
| 2023-24 | 63.5% | 23.8% |
| 2022-23 | 60.4% | 18.6% |
| 2021-22 | 56.5% | 18.4% |
| 2020-21 | 56.9% | 21.1% |
| 2018-19 | 38.5% | 21.4% |
| 2017-18 | 50.9% | 16.0% |
| 2016-17 | 48.7% | 18.0% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Norwalk High
Norwalk High's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwalk High this school | 2,075 | 77.9% | 43.6% |
| San Ysidro High San Diego | 1,941 | 78.3% | 29.4% |
| Oxnard High Oxnard | 2,452 | 76.1% | 33.5% |
| Santa Fe High Santa Fe Springs | 1,865 | 77.6% | 56.0% |
| California High Whittier | 2,261 | 80.3% | 53.4% |
| Chula Vista Senior High Chula Vista | 1,864 | 80.1% | 28.6% |
Matched among California high 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 Norwalk High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #436 of 1,052 | #96 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #518 of 1,056 ▼ 14 | #124 of 229 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #435 of 1,056 ▼ 67 | #97 of 229 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.2pp | #291 of 1,044 | #90 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,075 | #246 of 2,093 | #46 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #1,087 of 1,352 | #298 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.4% | #1,077 of 1,351 | #217 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #665 of 1,575 | #251 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #787 of 802 | #226 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,075
+111 (+6%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 2,186
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 2,075 | 87.1 | 23.8:1 | 78% (1,617) |
| 2023-24 | 1,980 | 83.7 | 23.6:1 | 77% (1,525) |
| 2022-23 | 2,038 | 83.4 | 24.4:1 | 70% (1,420) |
| 2020-21 | 1,964 | 86 | 22.8:1 | 76% (1,485) |
| 2017-18 | 2,085 | 88.8 | 23.5:1 | 82% (1,714) |
| 2015-16 | 2,002 | 83 | 24.1:1 | 83% (1,667) |
| 2010-11 | 2,303 | N/A | N/A | 68% (1,558) |
| 2000-01 | 2,064 | 84 | 24.6:1 | 38% (793) |
| 1990-91 | 2,186 | 88 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwalk High.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (2,085 to 2,075); teachers down 2% (88.8 to 87.1).
About Norwalk High
Norwalk High is a high-enrollment high school in Norwalk, California, under Norwalk-La Mirada Unified. It reports enrollment of 2,075 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is 148% bigger than the average for high schools in California.
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified serves 14,560 students across 25 schools.
Hispanic students are 88% of those enrolled at Norwalk High. The rest of enrollment is 5% Asian and 2% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
Norwalk High reports a ratio of 23.8 students per teacher, from 87.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in California, the average ratio is 18.2:1. Lunch program data show 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 8 points above the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
On the allk12 Grade, Norwalk High lands at A-, ahead of 76% of California public high schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Norwalk High's results are 9.8 points above predicted: 43.6% against 33.9%.
For the population of Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Los Angeles County, 2,244 public schools serve about 1,265,907 students.
D. D. Johnston Elementary sits about 0.3 miles from Norwalk High. Norwalk High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 43.6% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 2,075, up from 1,964 in 2020-21.
Norwalk High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- 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
- Arlie F. Hutchinson MiddleMiddle · 646 students
Other schools in Norwalk
- 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
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 509 students
Other Norwalk High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Norwalk High. Norwalk High is the largest of the 3.
- Norwalk High SchoolNorwalk, CT · 1,494 students
- Norwalk High SchoolNorwalk, OH · 699 students
Nearby schools
- D. D. Johnston Elementary0.3 mi · 361
- Julia B. Morrison Elementary0.4 mi · 548
- Corvallis Middle0.4 mi · 663
- New River Elementary0.6 mi · 319
- Loretta Lampton Elementary0.8 mi · 406
- Los Alisos Middle0.8 mi · 920
Frequently asked questions
About Norwalk HighHow large is Norwalk High?
Norwalk High enrolls approximately 2,075 students in grades 09-12.
Is Norwalk High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Norwalk High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Norwalk High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Norwalk High is approximately 23.8:1 (87 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Norwalk High?
Student demographics at Norwalk High are roughly 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Norwalk High public or private?
Norwalk High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Norwalk-La Mirada Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.