Whittier City
Key statistics
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.
Students
By grade
- Kindergarten 743
- Grade 1 508
- Grade 2 548
- Grade 3 553
- Grade 4 604
- Grade 5 601
- Grade 6 583
- Grade 7 571
- Grade 8 580
By race/ethnicity
- Hispanic/Latino 92%
- White 3%
- Two or more races 3%
- Asian 2%
- Black or African American <1%
- American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <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
- Free lunch 61%
- Reduced-price lunch 15%
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
Spending per student
- Instruction $12,701
- Support services $6,574
- Other (food service, etc.) $751
Where the money comes from
- Local 22%
- State 70%
- Federal 7%
Total revenue $136.5 milliontotal spending $115.0 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: LargeStudents: 94% suburb, 6% rural
Total staff (FTE)
594
District office
7211 South Whittier Ave., Whittier CA 90602
Phone
County
Los Angeles County
Official website
NCES District ID
642450
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About Whittier City
Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.