Studebaker Elementary

Studebaker Elementary, a small primary school in Norwalk, California, operated by Little Lake City Elementary, caters to 394 students, covering grades K through 5.

Little Lake City Elementary comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,535 students; Studebaker Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Studebaker Elementary shows that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 4% Asian, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Studebaker Elementary records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Studebaker Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.3%; actual is 50.1%, +17.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Studebaker Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Lakeside Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Studebaker Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Studebaker Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 488 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.

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