About Us
William Orr Elementary is located in Norwalk and has approximately 350 students attending transitional kindergarten through fifth grade. Most of our students will continue their education at Lakeside Middle School, also a part of Little Lake City School District. We are a community school, relying on parent, community, and local business support to ensure our students receive a top notch education and support services. Parent involvement is a priority at Orr as evidenced in our numerous opportunities for parents, including our Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), School Site Council (SSC), English Learners Advisory Committee (ELAC), and many other school events. Based on a 2023-2024 parent survey, 97% of our parents were satisfied with William Orr.
Beginning in 2024, William Orr opened the first Dual Immersion Program in the district. We started with TK and are excited to expand to have a TK and Kinder class for the 2025-2026 school year, expanding each year until we have a class in all grades, TK-5. The program goals are to develop bilingual and biliterate students who achieve at high levels in all content areas while also fostering a multicultural understanding and appreciation of world languages and cultures in our global society.
William Orr has been recognized numerous times both at the state and national level for academic excellence. In 2010, Orr was the first school within the Little Lake City School District to be recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School. Moreover, William Orr was also recognized in 2010 as a California Distinguished School and a Title 1 Achieving School. We have also been recognized as a California Business for Education Excellence Star School multiple times (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020). In addition, William Orr was named a 2016 Gold Ribbon School and a Title I Academic Achieving School. Orr has been recognized by the California PBIS Coalition with a Silver Level Implementation Award for our fidelity in implementing Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the PBIS framework in both 2018 and 2019 and in 2022 was awarded with a Gold Level Implementation Award. We are also excited to have been honored in 2022 with a CSBA Golden Bell Award for our Autism Focus program for its exemplary implementation and the positive impact it has on our school culture as a whole. It is with great pride that Orr has accepted these recognitions and has continued to improve student achievement.
