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Best Public Schools in Norwalk, CA

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Schools

11,136

Students

Districts

Top rankedCresson Elementary1104^th of 5,804 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

John H. Nuffer Elementary up 1,087 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Cresson Elementary 17.9 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cresson Elementary	Public	K-5	11650 East Cresson St.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-6620	243	14	17.9	82.3%	7 (2.9%)	4 (1.6%)	216 (88.9%)	7 (2.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	6 (2.5%)	80.6	1104^th of 5804 public elementary schools	81.0%		72.9	1479^th of 5857 public elementary schools	74.7%	375	54.6				54.6	62.5	56.8	77.3					63.9	75.0	48.7	63.6					60.2	96.6						$18,944	$17,472	$1,472
Lakeland Elementary	Public	K-5	11224 Bombardier Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-8887	315	15	21.0	77.5%	17 (5.4%)	9 (2.9%)	258 (81.9%)	29 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	64.8	1832^nd of 5804 public elementary schools	68.4%		74.4	1401^st of 5857 public elementary schools	76.1%	431	31.8				31.8	59.1	56.4	54.6					56.6	61.4	47.3	38.6					49.0	85.0	90.3	85.0		85.0	90.3	$15,752	$14,280	$1,472
Lakeside Middle	Public	6-8	11000 East Kenney St.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-9442	509	26	19.2	79.8%	18 (3.5%)	6 (1.2%)	450 (88.4%)	30 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	73.4	593^rd of 2703 public middle schools	78.1%		72.7	624^th of 2761 public middle schools	77.4%	31		39.5			39.5				69.5	61.9	69.4		67.0				40.2	43.2	45.9		43.1							$18,975	$17,384	$1,591
William W. Orr Elementary	Public	K-5	12130 South Jersey Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-7988	353	17	20.7	77.3%	7 (2.0%)	2 (0.6%)	323 (91.5%)	16 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.6%)	68.5	1652^nd of 5804 public elementary schools	71.5%		72.3	1506^th of 5857 public elementary schools	74.3%	146	51.9				51.9	64.8	50.0	66.7					61.3	54.6	23.8	46.3					43.1							$16,856	$15,382	$1,474
Paddison Elementary	Public	K-5	12100 Crewe St.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-7741	296	15	19.6	79.7%	5 (1.7%)	6 (2.0%)	268 (90.5%)	15 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	62.5	1951^st of 5804 public elementary schools	66.4%		72.9	1475^th of 5857 public elementary schools	74.8%	476	54.6				54.6	41.5	40.4	61.4					47.2	46.3	47.4	54.6					49.3							$18,720	$17,128	$1,592
Studebaker Elementary	Public	K-5	11800 Halcourt Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-7882	394	18	21.3	79.2%	12 (3.0%)	4 (1.0%)	356 (90.4%)	16 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	72.4	1466^th of 5804 public elementary schools	74.7%		68	1687^th of 5857 public elementary schools	71.2%	221	47.7				47.7	52.5	65.2	66.2					61.5	47.5	53.6	46.2					49.2							$18,253	$16,624	$1,629
Corvallis Middle	Public	6-8	11032 East Leffingwell Rd.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-4125	663	27	24.3	76.0%	9 (1.4%)	27 (4.1%)	582 (87.8%)	29 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	12 (1.8%)	35.6	1616^th of 2703 public middle schools	40.2%		41.9	1434^th of 2761 public middle schools	48.1%	182		23.1			23.1				45.2	45.9	38.5		43.1				22.6	23.6	26.8		24.4							$23,058	$21,916	$1,142
John Dolland Elementary	Public	K-5	15021 South Bloomfield Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-2560	586	26	22.4	73.7%	14 (2.4%)	9 (1.5%)	532 (90.8%)	23 (3.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	52.6	2456^th of 5804 public elementary schools	57.7%		58.5	2145^th of 5857 public elementary schools	63.4%	311	32.2				32.2	58.3	34.1	46.7					46.0	65.5	39.6	31.1					44.9							$23,865	$23,270	$595
Earl E. Edmondson Elementary	Public	K-5	15121 South Grayland Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-4440	352	16	21.7	83.0%	3 (0.9%)	5 (1.4%)	325 (92.3%)	14 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	22.5	4576^th of 5804 public elementary schools	21.2%		28.3	4112^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.8%	464	16.4				16.4	32.3	29.3	34.4					32.0	33.9	22.4	13.1					23.2							$31,611	$30,232	$1,379
Anna M. Glazier Elementary	Public	K-5	10932 East Excelsior Dr.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-2890	388	17	23.5	80.4%	5 (1.3%)	8 (2.1%)	352 (90.7%)	16 (4.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	37.8	3365^th of 5804 public elementary schools	42.0%		35	3583^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	38.8%	218	24.6				24.6	31.5	44.4	47.7					41.9	37.7	31.4	27.7					31.9	97.0			98.0			$31,398	$30,074	$1,324
John H. Glenn High	Public	9-12	13520 Shoemaker Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3000	882	48	18.4	74.9%	22 (2.5%)	24 (2.7%)	783 (88.8%)	35 (4.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.8%)	40.5	1260^th of 2137 public high schools	41.0%		42.9	1191^st of 2162 public high schools	44.9%	69			22.3		21.1							47.1	47.1							21.2	21.2							$36,652	$35,342	$1,310
D. D. Johnston Elementary	Public	K-5	13421 South Fairford Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3120	361	16	22.3	73.4%	3 (0.8%)	11 (3.0%)	322 (89.2%)	15 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	8 (2.2%)	63.1	1918^th of 5804 public elementary schools	67.0%		64.2	1880^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.9%	38	46.4				46.4	53.3	46.5	55.4					52.2	56.7	37.2	41.1					45.9							$29,802	$29,232	$570
Loretta Lampton Elementary	Public	K-5	14716 Elmcroft Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3255	406	18	22.5	73.4%	10 (2.5%)	18 (4.4%)	357 (87.9%)	9 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.2%)	41.5	3130^th of 5804 public elementary schools	46.1%		50.6	2563^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	56.2%	567	26.1				26.1	34.4	46.2	37.7					39.5	42.6	40.0	34.8					39.0							$30,391	$29,680	$711
Thomas B. Moffitt Elementary	Public	K-5	13323 South Goller Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3650	509	22	22.7	80.0%	14 (2.8%)	27 (5.3%)	435 (85.5%)	21 (4.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.6%)	25.5	4332^nd of 5804 public elementary schools	25.4%		24.1	4487^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.4%	155	21.1				21.1	43.8	30.6	34.2					35.9	32.8	19.4	13.2					21.2							$26,551	$25,218	$1,333
Julia B. Morrison Elementary	Public	K-5	13510 South Maidstone	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3710	548	23	23.6	74.8%	15 (2.7%)	12 (2.2%)	471 (85.9%)	33 (6.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.7%)	75.1	1360^th of 5804 public elementary schools	76.6%		75	1367^th of 5857 public elementary schools	76.7%	7	44.0				44.0	58.2	60.0	49.5					55.6	63.6	57.7	67.0					62.8	98.0				98.0		$25,247	$24,164	$1,083
New River Elementary	Public	K-5	13432 South Halcourt Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3770	319	13	24.2	78.7%	9 (2.8%)	11 (3.4%)	271 (85.0%)	14 (4.4%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	30.4	3965^th of 5804 public elementary schools	31.7%		31.7	3821^st of 5857 public elementary schools	34.8%	144	25.0				25.0	27.1	32.0	50.0					36.3	33.3	34.0	12.5					26.7							$30,256	$29,700	$556
Norwalk High	Public	9-12	11356 East Leffingwell Rd.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3830	2,075	87	23.8	77.9%	50 (2.4%)	40 (1.9%)	1,835 (88.4%)	99 (4.8%)	8 (0.4%)	6 (0.3%)	37 (1.8%)	61	796^th of 2137 public high schools	62.8%		62.2	759^th of 2162 public high schools	64.9%	37			38.5	10.0	37.3							63.9	63.9							24.0	24.0							$22,609	$21,812	$797
Arturo Sanchez Elementary	Public	K-5	11960 East 162nd St.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-4315	239	10	23.9	87.9%	5 (2.1%)	1 (0.4%)	224 (93.7%)	7 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	30.6	3945^th of 5804 public elementary schools	32.0%		31.9	3807^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.0%	138	23.7				23.7	29.4	22.2	44.7					31.6	35.3	31.1	31.6					32.5							$40,128	$36,432	$3,696
John H. Nuffer Elementary	Public	K-5	14821 South Jersey Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-4060	316	14	23.1	78.5%	4 (1.3%)	7 (2.2%)	277 (87.7%)	14 (4.4%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	10 (3.2%)	39.3	3264^th of 5804 public elementary schools	43.8%		25.5	4351^st of 5857 public elementary schools	25.7%	1087	26.5				26.5	42.9	41.7	46.9					43.8	42.9	33.3	16.3					30.8							$36,504	$35,682	$822
Nettie L. Waite Middle	Public	6-8	14320 South Norwalk Blvd.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-4370	462	24	19.4	82.5%	6 (1.3%)	9 (1.9%)	420 (90.9%)	16 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	27.9	1891^st of 2703 public middle schools	30.0%		25	2004^th of 2761 public middle schools	27.4%	113		19.7			19.7				35.8	29.2	38.4		34.7				23.2	26.9	21.7		23.8							$26,885	$25,112	$1,773
Los Alisos Middle	Public	6-8	14800 South Jersey Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3495	920	35	26.5	78.2%	22 (2.4%)	22 (2.4%)	803 (87.3%)	38 (4.1%)	5 (0.5%)	4 (0.4%)	26 (2.8%)	40.3	1471^st of 2703 public middle schools	45.6%		45.3	1320^th of 2761 public middle schools	52.2%	151		30.6			30.6				35.8	40.6	47.0		41.4				27.1	26.3	34.0		29.3							$21,570	$20,916	$654

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Artesia	2.03 mi	5	266^th
Bellflower	2.09 mi	12	498^th
Santa Fe Springs	2.11 mi	5	229^th
Cerritos	2.12 mi	17	119^th
Downey	2.17 mi	23	327^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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