📍 1761 Walnut Ave., Long Beach, Los Angeles County, 90813
Whittier Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Long Beach, Los Angeles County. The school has 579 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Angel Mikaele. It is part of the Long Beach Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
Whittier Elementary enrolls 579 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 23 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Hispanic or Latino, 17% Asian and 9.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 403 | 70% |
| Asian | 96 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 56 | 9.7% |
| White | 11 | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
424 of the school's 579 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Whittier Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Whittier Elementary is one of 84 schools in Long Beach Unified, based in Long Beach, California. The district serves 62,644 students district-wide and employs 2,733 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 579 students, Whittier Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 746 students per school.
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