NCES CCD 2024-25 21 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Norwalk, CA

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21 public K-12 schools in Norwalk from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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21
Schools
11,136
Students
33.2/100
Avg Resource Index
21.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Norwalk has more public-school enrollment than 83% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Norwalk's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

15 of Norwalk's 21 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 4 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

Norwalk's reporting schools show 68.1% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 21.3:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 19-point gap between John H. Glenn High and New River Elementary is therefore more useful than the city mean alone. A school with a similar ratio may still report different counselor access, attendance, or gifted-program availability, so open the campus records before drawing conclusions about student support.

City enrollment
Top 17%
School count
Top 14%
Resource Index average
20th percentile
Teacher staffing
11th percentile

Norwalk High accounts for 18.6% of all Norwalk public-school enrollment

That concentration means Norwalk-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Norwalk school enrollment varies 8.7× across entities

Norwalk school enrollment ranges from 239 students (lowest) to 2,075 students (highest), a spread of 1,836 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Norwalk reports 68.1% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Norwalk student-teacher ratio is 21.3:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. John H. Glenn High 43
2. Los Alisos Middle 40
3. Earl E. Edmondson Elementary 39
4. Nettie L. Waite Middle 38
5. Loretta Lampton Elementary 38
6. Paddison Elementary 38
7. Anna M. Glazier Elementary 36
8. Lakeland Elementary 36
9. Cresson Elementary 35
10. Lakeside Middle 34
11. Norwalk High 33
12. William W. Orr Elementary 33
13. John H. Nuffer Elementary 33
14. John Dolland Elementary 30
15. Studebaker Elementary 30
16. Arturo Sanchez Elementary 30
17. Corvallis Middle 27
18. Thomas B. Moffitt Elementary 27
19. D. D. Johnston Elementary 27
20. Julia B. Morrison Elementary 26
21. New River Elementary 24

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Norwalk

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lakeland Elementary 31.7/100
  2. 2 New River Elementary 27.2/100
  3. 3 Thomas B. Moffitt Elementary 26.3/100
  4. 4 Julia B. Morrison Elementary 25.7/100
  5. 5 Los Alisos Middle 23.4/100

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Which Norwalk school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

John H. Glenn High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Norwalk schools in this federal-data comparison at 43/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Norwalk, CA? ▼

Norwalk has 21 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,136 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.