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South Whittier Elementary

Whittier, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

2,258
Students enrolled
6
Public schools
103
Classroom teachers (FTE)
22.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 360
  • Grade 1 239
  • Grade 2 227
  • Grade 3 250
  • Grade 4 238
  • Grade 5 237
  • Grade 6 232
  • Grade 7 252
  • Grade 8 223

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 94%
  • White 3%
  • Asian 1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Two or more races <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,044 of 2,253 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 77%
  • Reduced-price lunch 13%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$23,436 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $15,209
  • Support services $7,223
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,004

Where the money comes from

  • Local 21%
  • State 67%
  • Federal 13%

Total revenue $72.6 milliontotal spending $62.0 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 08

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

269

District office

11200 Telechron Ave., Whittier CA 90605

County

Los Angeles County

Official website

NCES District ID

637560

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About South Whittier Elementary

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of South Whittier School District is to prepare every student for success in high school and beyond by focusing on the core academic subjects in an effective and integrated curriculum.
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