Norwood Street Elementary

As a small primary school in Los Angeles, California, Norwood Street Elementary works with 347 students from grades K through 6, operated by Los Angeles Unified. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Norwood Street Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Norwood Street Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). The remainder is composed of 6% Black, 3% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Norwood Street Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Norwood Street Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Norwood Street Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Downtown Value, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Norwood Street Elementary has edged down 31%, going from 506 students in 2018 to 347 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 93% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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