Earl E. Edmondson Elementary, Norwalk CA

Original Research by School Decision on Earl E. Edmondson Elementary

Earl E. Edmondson Elementary sits in Norwalk, a dense, car-oriented residential suburb about seventeen miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, with a commercial layer of big-box retail and neighborhood shopping centers. The school serves kindergarten through fifth grade in a regular public elementary setting within the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District.

The student body is small, with roughly equal-sized cohorts across each grade. The vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the enrollment is predominantly Hispanic. Demographic breakdowns for English learners and students with IEPs were not available in the data provided. The housing market around Norwalk shows home values modestly above the state benchmark, with rental costs climbing at a faster rate. Recent development planning in Norwalk, including mixed-use zoning near transit and a transit village project, reflects the city's shift toward denser residential growth.

On state assessments (CAASPP and CAST), Edmondson's performance sits in the bottom quartile among elementary schools in Los Angeles County. In English language arts across grades three, four, and five, proficiency ranges from about a third of students meeting standards at the third-grade level down to somewhat lower rates in grades four and five. Math proficiency is lower still, with only about half of third-graders meeting standards and proficiency dropping sharply in grades four and five. Science proficiency, tested only in fifth grade, also sits below the median. These results suggest the school is working with students who face substantial gaps in foundational skills, and a parent should plan to understand what academic support and intervention structures the school has in place.

The district itself has experienced notable enrollment decline over recent years, a structural pressure that affects budget, staffing, and long-term program stability in California schools. The district did expand its Spanish dual-language immersion program into La Mirada in the current school year, offering families in that area a pathway to bilingual literacy; Edmondson's site did not appear in the available program information, so families interested in dual immersion within the district should inquire directly with the school or district about whether it participates in that offering.

Edmondson is a neighborhood school serving a community with high poverty, strong Latino cultural identity, and strong housing demand. Its academic results reflect the challenges typical of high-poverty elementary schools, and a prospective family would benefit from sitting down with school leadership to understand its literacy and math supports, intervention schedules, and how the school partners with families on learning at home.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 345%

School 45% · District 51% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 419%

School 19% · District 42% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 33% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 46% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 434%

School 34% · District 45% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 48% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Science

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 29% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

This schoolNorwalk-La Mirada Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.