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John Dolland Elementary

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John Dolland Elementary ranks 2145 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

2145^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 63% of California elementary schools

Summary

John Dolland Elementary is a public K-5 school serving about 586 students in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified district, performing solidly in the middle tier of California schools and showing particular strength in supporting its students.

The school stands out for its effective work with specific groups of students, such as English learners and those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, where its performance ranks significantly higher than its overall state ranking. It has shown strong improvement in student attendance and excels in mathematics, outperforming both district and state averages. However, the school faces a notable challenge in science, where proficiency rates are below average, and math performance tends to decline in the upper grades. Financially, it achieves these outcomes with lower per-student spending than several neighboring schools.

Interesting comparisons emerge when looking at nearby schools. Within the same district, Julia B. Morrison Elementary is a higher-performing school, while others like Earl E. Edmondson Elementary and Thomas B. Moffitt Elementary rank lower, despite similar or higher funding. Just over a mile away, Helen Wittmann Elementary in the higher-performing ABC Unified district ranks among the state's best, highlighting how school performance can vary greatly even in close proximity.

586

Students ?

22.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,432

Per pupil spending ?

73.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

15021 South Bloomfield Ave.
Norwalk, CA 90650-6807

(562) 210-2560

District: Norwalk-La Mirada Unified

Students who attend John Dolland Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Nettie L. Waite Middle
High:	John H. Glenn High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

90.8%

Asian:

3.9%

White:

2.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 58th percentile in 2013 → 63rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (46% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2013

✓Above the California median (63rd percentile)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 22 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school46%

District avg41%

California avg41%

2,145^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 37%▲ up 10 pts since 2015

From top 47% (2015) to top 37% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 16Elementary Schools in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified

710^th of 1,543Norwalk-La Mirada Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	58.5	2145 of 5857	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.4	2215 of 5869	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.7	1853 of 5859	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.4	3059 of 5883	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	64.5	1859 of 5789	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.1	2656 of 5662	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2017	31.4	3721 of 5692	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2016	44.8	2787 of 5614	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2015	47.2	2612 of 5611	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2013	56.3	2332 of 5530	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2012	43.5	3040 of 5390	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2011	51.4	2506 of 5377	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2010	47.7	2713 of 5314	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	46.8	2674 of 5193	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	36.9	3144 of 5113	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2007	45.2	2608 of 5113	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	35.3	2975 of 4818	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2005	35.7	2969 of 4822	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2004	36.0	2871 of 4809	40.3%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	21.8	1930 of 2227	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	67.1	480 of 3162	84.8%	★★★★☆
2023	73.1	419 of 3245	87.1%	★★★★☆
2022	53.7	1011 of 3311	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	85.6	238 of 3275	92.7%	★★★★★
2018	66.7	648 of 3246	80.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	63.7	1791 of 5597	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.8	2179 of 5612	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.0	1853 of 5609	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.4	2974 of 5635	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	63.9	1802 of 5492	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	35.6	3378 of 5413	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	70.5	1186 of 5107	76.8%	★★★★☆
2024	70.0	1183 of 5107	76.8%	★★★★☆
2023	77.4	853 of 5087	83.2%	★★★★☆
2022	50.8	2158 of 5084	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	78.3	768 of 4963	84.5%	★★★★☆
2018	60.3	1611 of 4830	66.6%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.1	31 of 429	92.8%	★★★★★
2024	85.4	28 of 364	92.3%	★★★★★
2023	92.5	13 of 335	96.1%	★★★★★
2022	70.4	57 of 356	84.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	65.8	1498 of 5460	72.6%	★★★★☆
2024	63.5	1603 of 5517	70.9%	★★★★☆
2023	76.0	950 of 5363	82.3%	★★★★☆
2022	52.3	2136 of 5264	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	79.8	724 of 5173	86.0%	★★★★☆
2018	61.4	1667 of 5084	67.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.2	2375 of 5628	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.5	2133 of 5643	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.6	1782 of 5638	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.3	2988 of 5663	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	63.7	1789 of 5510	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.3	2012 of 5431	63.0%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	69.7	479 of 2420	80.2%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)93rd percentile+29 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)85th percentile+23 vs school

Special Education (2023)80th percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)77th percentile+13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)73rd percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)68th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)58th percentile-6 vs school

Disabled (2022)13th percentile-35 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy52%+3 vs state

Mathematics50%+12 vs state

Science23%-10 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

The Principal, Teachers and Staff are amazing. The children seem happy and always excited about new things too learn. Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, March 20, 2017

They have the best teachers, the best principle, the best volunteers and counselors I love how this school is organize and help your students when you have a problem I love the way Mr Parral and Mrs Curiel teach our students Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th 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 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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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%)	58.5	2145^th of 5857 public elementary schools	63.4%		56.4	2215^th of 5869 public elementary schools	62.3%	70	22.7	22.7	59.3	46.1	49.5		51.6	69.2	47.7	33.0		49.6					$17,432	$1,153	$16,279
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%)	28.3	4112^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.8%		21.4	4736^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.3%	624	19.0	19.0	36.2	33.9	33.3		34.5	44.8	19.4	15.5		26.4					$24,801	$2,130	$22,671
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%)	24.1	4487^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.4%		23.1	4568^th of 5869 public elementary schools	22.2%	81	16.1	16.1	28.6	31.3	42.2		34.2	26.0	23.5	16.9		22.0					$21,019	$1,585	$19,434
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%)	31.9	3807^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.0%		35.5	3480^th of 5869 public elementary schools	40.7%	327	22.0	22.0	31.9	34.2	29.3		31.8	40.4	39.5	22.0		34.1					$25,568	$1,423	$24,145
Wittmann (Helen) Elementary	Public	K-6	16801 Yvette Ave.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7915	561	20	28.0	37.3%	26 (4.6%)	22 (3.9%)	130 (23.2%)	334 (59.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (8.4%)	97.4	123^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	97.9%		97.7	100^th of 5869 public elementary schools	98.3%	23	73.8	73.8	77.9	86.6	88.6	89.6	85.7	82.1	87.8	72.5	76.6	79.8					$17,730	$1,988	$15,742
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%)	25.5	4351^st of 5857 public elementary schools	25.7%		26.2	4273^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	27.2%	78	25.5	25.5	29.4	29.8	36.0		31.8	31.4	23.4	15.7		23.5					$27,049	$2,686	$24,363
Juarez (Benito) Elementary	Public	K-6	11939 Aclare St.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7870	295	17	17.8	72.5%	20 (6.8%)	24 (8.1%)	181 (61.4%)	55 (18.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.1%)	44.9	2892^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	50.6%		35.2	3500^th of 5869 public elementary schools	40.4%	608	23.1	23.1	43.2	34.9	41.0	54.8	43.5	54.6	31.8	30.8	29.6	36.8	92.3		95.4	96.9	$20,926	$2,231	$18,695
ABC Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	K-8	11939 Aclare St.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(562) 926-5566	0	8	8.1		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																	$31,732	$21,675	$10,057
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	1367^th of 5857 public elementary schools	76.7%		64.5	1849^th of 5869 public elementary schools	68.5%	482	34.1	34.1	65.5	53.2	50.6		56.4	70.1	60.6	67.1		65.8	98.0			98.0	$19,325	$1,829	$17,496
Kennedy (John F.) Elementary	Public	K-6	17500 Belshire Ave.	Artesia	90701	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7875	398	18	22.1	67.1%	20 (5.0%)	28 (7.0%)	213 (53.5%)	99 (24.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	37 (9.3%)	76.3	1323^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	77.4%		66.3	1764^th of 5869 public elementary schools	69.9%	441	41.8	41.8	57.8	64.7	63.6	76.0	65.7	60.0	52.9	50.9	41.2	51.0	97.3	97.3		97.3	$20,473	$2,227	$18,246

Frequently Asked Questions about John Dolland Elementary

What district is John Dolland Elementary in?

Norwalk-La Mirada Unified

How many students attend John Dolland Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 586 students attended John Dolland Elementary.

What schools do graduates of John Dolland Elementary attend?

Students who attend John Dolland Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Nettie L. Waite Middle
High : John H. Glenn High

What is the racial makeup of John Dolland Elementary?

Students at John Dolland Elementary are 91% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% White, 2% African American, 1% Two or more races.

Is John Dolland Elementary a good school?

John Dolland Elementary ranks 2145^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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