William W. Orr Elementary

William W. Orr Elementary is a modestly sized elementary school in Norwalk, California, operated by Little Lake City Elementary. The school educates 353 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so William W. Orr Elementary sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Little Lake City Elementary, which oversees 9 schools and 3,535 students, William W. Orr Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, William W. Orr Elementary reports that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 5% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 77% of students at William W. Orr Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, William W. Orr Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.4%; William W. Orr Elementary posts 64.2%, +30.7 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), William W. Orr Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cresson Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts William W. Orr Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 47.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. William W. Orr Elementary's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 393 (now 353). Hispanic enrollment moved from 86% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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