Summary:
Four public middle schools in Norwalk ZIP code 90650 serve grades 6–8, making their results comparable across the same grade span. In 2025–2026, the schools’ average proficiency was 47% in English language arts (ELA), 30% in math, and 28% in science, compared with California’s 49%, 38%, and 36%. The area’s clearest pattern is a wide gap between schools: Lakeside Middle leads in all three subjects, while Nettie L. Waite Middle ranks last in all three.
Lakeside scored 67% in ELA, 43% in math, and 39% in science—24, 14, and 9 percentage points above the next-highest school in each subject. Its scores were also above state results in all three subjects. At the other end, Waite scored 35% in ELA, 24% in math, and 20% in science. Those results were 7, 1, and 3 points below the next-lowest school, respectively. Among the three schools in Norwalk-La Mirada Unified, Los Alisos Middle was stronger in math and science than Corvallis Middle, while Corvallis led that group in ELA.
Recent results show no uniform trend: the four-school average fell 2 points in ELA from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while rising 2 points in both math and science. Math declined at Los Alisos and Corvallis but rose at Lakeside and Waite; science increased at three schools and fell 4 points at Lakeside. SchoolDigger gives Lakeside 78th-percentile standing and 4 stars, compared with Waite’s 30th percentile and 2 stars. Other context differs too: Lakeside’s chronic absenteeism was 32%, above the 18% state figure, and its 2024–2025 free/reduced-lunch-eligible share was 80%, compared with Waite’s 83%. These figures describe school differences, not what caused them.
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