Is Julia B. Morrison Elementary a good school?

Julia B. Morrison Elementary ranks 1846 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Julia B. Morrison Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 558 students attended Julia B. Morrison Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Julia B. Morrison Elementary?

Students at Julia B. Morrison Elementary are 86% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% White, 3% Two or more races, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Julia B. Morrison Elementary attend?

Students who attend Julia B. Morrison Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Corvallis Middle High : Norwalk High

Julia B. Morrison Elementary

Summary:

Julia B. Morrison Elementary is a public elementary school in Norwalk, California, serving 582 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District, which is ranked 756 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

Julia B. Morrison Elementary consistently outperforms the district and state in academic assessments, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics ranging from 40% to 60%, compared to the district's 42.14% to 47.27% and the state's 42.8% to 47.37%. The school also excels in serving Hispanic and English Language Learner students, ranking in the top 857 to 646 and 1,217 to 444 out of thousands of California elementary schools, respectively. However, the school's performance in serving Special Education students is relatively weaker, ranking in the bottom 2,500 out of 2,634 California elementary schools in this subgroup.

While D.D. Johnston Elementary and New River Elementary, other schools in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District, generally underperform compared to Julia B. Morrison Elementary, the school faces stiffer competition from the higher-performing William W. Orr Elementary and Paddison Elementary in the nearby Little Lake City Elementary School District.

Detail:

Public K-5

13510 South Maidstone
Norwalk, CA 90650-3850

(562) 210-3710

District: Norwalk-La Mirada Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1846^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,073

Students who attend Julia B. Morrison Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Corvallis Middle
High:	Norwalk High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.0

Number of students: 558

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

86.2%

Asian:

5.4%

White:

3.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 76.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Julia B. Morrison Elementary ranks better than 68.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 5^th among 16 ranked elementary schools in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 64.54. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (86.2%), Asian (5.4%), White (3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 76.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Julia B. Morrison Elementary is 24. 10 elementary schools in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Julia B. Morrison Elementary employs 23.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Julia B. Morrison Elementary is $12,073. 12 elementary schools in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Julia B. Morrison Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Julia B. Morrison Elementary 1846^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Julia B. Morrison Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Norwalk-La Mirada Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Norwalk-La Mirada Unified 756^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Julia B. Morrison Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Julia B. Morrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	42.80	2512^th	4809	47.8%
2005	55.56	1931^st	4822	60.0%
2006	54.20	1999^th	4818	58.5%
2007	51.98	2209^th	5113	56.8%
2008	62.20	1757^th	5113	65.6%
2009	52.79	2319^th	5193	55.3%
2010	53.85	2337^th	5314	56.0%
2011	67.12	1626^th	5377	69.8%
2012	65.90	1737^th	5390	67.8%
2013	64.49	1855^th	5530	66.5%
2015	49.64	2465^th	5611	56.1%
2016	61.40	1924^th	5614	65.7%
2017	69.29	1597^th	5692	71.9%
2018	73.47	1426^th	5662	74.8%
2019	58.40	2159^th	5789	62.7%
2022	67.04	1734^th	5883	70.5%
2023	61.71	1978^th	5874	66.3%
2024	64.54	1846^th	5862	68.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Julia B. Morrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	74.30	462^nd	3246	85.8%
2019	57.13	929^th	3275	71.6%
2022	72.38	444^th	3311	86.6%
2023	69.72	502^nd	3250	84.6%
2024	49.27	1217^th	3160	61.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Julia B. Morrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	17.92	2500^th	2634	5.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Julia B. Morrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	86.79	415^th	5084	91.8%
2019	71.31	1120^th	5173	78.3%
2022	81.17	710^th	5264	86.5%
2023	71.39	1155^th	5374	78.5%
2024	75.50	1033^rd	5511	81.3%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Julia B. Morrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	88.31	21^st	356	94.1%
2023	83.17	32^nd	336	90.5%
2024	94.37	12^th	364	96.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Julia B. Morrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	79.08	1084^th	5413	80.0%
2019	64.33	1778^th	5492	67.6%
2022	67.08	1631^st	5635	71.1%
2023	60.86	1899^th	5617	66.2%
2024	57.51	2060^th	5605	63.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Julia B. Morrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	62.04	679^th	2585	73.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Julia B. Morrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	64.73	1729^th	5431	68.2%
2019	51.06	2410^th	5510	56.3%
2022	64.22	1768^th	5663	68.8%
2023	60.31	1936^th	5650	65.7%
2024	70.50	1479^th	5636	73.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Julia B. Morrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	86.20	447^th	4830	90.7%
2019	73.03	1011^th	4963	79.6%
2022	82.68	646^th	5084	87.3%
2023	76.29	908^th	5098	82.2%
2024	76.90	857^th	5102	83.2%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Julia B. Morrison Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	144	5	45	370	0	n/a	n/a	564
1989	198	13	42	411	3	n/a	n/a	667
1990	190	14	72	431	2	n/a	n/a	709
1991	184	19	80	462	0	n/a	n/a	745
1992	203	25	78	449	0	n/a	n/a	755
1993	139	28	108	429	2	n/a	n/a	706
1994	135	33	49	378	1	n/a	n/a	596
1995	111	24	52	470	2	n/a	n/a	659
1996	111	24	52	470	2	n/a	n/a	659
1997	98	22	43	515	3	n/a	n/a	681
1998	106	43	51	527	2	n/a	n/a	729
1999	96	47	43	569	4	n/a	n/a	759
2000	84	54	34	603	4	n/a	n/a	779
2001	74	44	27	621	3	n/a	n/a	769
2002	53	43	19	613	5	n/a	n/a	733
2003	53	43	19	613	5	n/a	n/a	733
2004	45	37	16	594	2	n/a	n/a	694
2005	44	23	18	583	2	n/a	n/a	670
2006	46	15	14	556	0	n/a	n/a	631
2007	38	20	16	558	0	n/a	n/a	632
2008	33	24	20	561	n/a	n/a	n/a	638
2009	28	23	18	600	3	0	0	672
2010	22	17	26	573	0	0	0	638
2011	22	14	25	597	0	0	17	675
2012	25	15	23	574	0	0	11	648
2013	28	29	24	655	1	0	11	748
2014	24	28	28	661	1	2	16	760
2015	25	30	37	684	1	3	9	789
2016	34	26	35	681	1	2	16	795
2017	26	28	40	691	1	2	6	794
2018	26	30	38	641	1	1	13	750
2019	30	28	32	601	2	2	19	714
2020	23	32	33	549	2	1	28	668
2021	26	22	25	554	2	0	31	660
2022	21	20	27	541	3	1	24	637
2023	20	15	27	502	2	0	16	582
2024	17	14	30	481	1	0	15	558

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Julia B. Morrison Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	564	20.0	28.2	n/a
1989	667	23.0	29.0	n/a
1990	709	26.0	27.2	n/a
1991	745	27.0	27.5	n/a
1992	755	27.4	27.5	48.5
1993	706	25.0	28.2	52
1994	596	20.6	28.9	54.7
1995	659	21.8	30.2	58.7
1996	659	21.8	30.2	58.7
1997	681	24.0	28.4	57.1
1998	729	29.0	25.1	64.1
1999	759	33.0	23.0	67.2
2000	779	37.0	21.1	68.8
2001	769	37.0	20.8	64
2002	733	35.0	20.9	71.9
2003	733	35.0	20.9	71.9
2004	694	34.0	20.4	69.9
2005	670	30.0	22.3	75.4
2006	631	28.0	22.5	76.5
2007	632	25.0	25.3	73.7
2008	638	33.0	19.3	67.6
2009	672	29.0	20.6	78.9
2010	638	32.0	19.9	81.2
2011	675	n/a	n/a	79.9
2012	648	23.0	28.1	n/a
2013	748	25.0	29.9	83.3
2014	760	26.0	29.2	85
2015	789	29.0	27.2	79.3
2016	795	29.0	27.4	81.5
2017	794	27.0	29.4	77.5
2018	750	27.0	27.7	82.5
2019	714	26.5	26.9	82.1
2020	668	n/a	n/a	82.5
2021	660	26.1	25.2	77
2022	637	27.6	23.0	71.9
2023	582	24.4	23.8	66.8
2024	558	23.2	24.0	76.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Julia B. Morrison Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	564	20.0	28.2	n/a
1989	667	23.0	29.0	n/a
1990	709	26.0	27.2	n/a
1991	745	27.0	27.5	n/a
1992	755	27.4	27.5	48.5
1993	706	25.0	28.2	52
1994	596	20.6	28.9	54.7
1995	659	21.8	30.2	58.7
1996	659	21.8	30.2	58.7
1997	681	24.0	28.4	57.1
1998	729	29.0	25.1	64.1
1999	759	33.0	23.0	67.2
2000	779	37.0	21.1	68.8
2001	769	37.0	20.8	64
2002	733	35.0	20.9	71.9
2003	733	35.0	20.9	71.9
2004	694	34.0	20.4	69.9
2005	670	30.0	22.3	75.4
2006	631	28.0	22.5	76.5
2007	632	25.0	25.3	73.7
2008	638	33.0	19.3	67.6
2009	672	29.0	20.6	78.9
2010	638	32.0	19.9	81.2
2011	675	n/a	n/a	79.9
2012	648	23.0	28.1	n/a
2013	748	25.0	29.9	83.3
2014	760	26.0	29.2	85
2015	789	29.0	27.2	79.3
2016	795	29.0	27.4	81.5
2017	794	27.0	29.4	77.5
2018	750	27.0	27.7	82.5
2019	714	26.5	26.9	82.1
2020	668	n/a	n/a	82.5
2021	660	26.1	25.2	77
2022	637	27.6	23.0	71.9
2023	582	24.4	23.8	66.8
2024	558	23.2	24.0	76.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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