Nora Sterry Elementary School

Nora Sterry Elementary School is a non-magnet, LAUSD elementary school constructed in 1897.  It is located in West Los Angeles, in close proximity to the University of California, Los Angeles.

The Nora Sterry community currently serves 380 Pre-K-5th grade students in eighteen general education classrooms and four special education classrooms.  We have a Resource Specialist on-site, a School Nurse assigned two days a week, and a school Psychologist assigned two days a week.

Nora Sterry is committed to improving the academic achievement of all students and therefore conducts an annual review of the School Plan and adjusts instruction and budget expenditures as needed.  Our teachers provide high quality instruction according to the State Education Standards as measured by the California Standards test results.  We have experienced large growth in our API in the past seven years.  Currently, our API is 830.

The staff at Nora Sterry is committed to creating a positive learning environment that maintains high standards in a nurturing way for all of our students.  We work together with parents as a school community to uphold these high standards.  Our school policies emphasize the importance of safety, respect, honesty, responsibility and courtesy in a learning environment.