📍 1800 Whittier Ave., Costa Mesa, Orange County, 92627
Whittier Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Costa Mesa, Orange County. The school has 476 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jose Montano. It is part of the Newport-Mesa Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
Whittier Elementary enrolls 476 students across grades K–6. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% Two or more races and 1.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 460 | 97% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.7% |
| White | 6 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
433 of the school's 476 students (91%) 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, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Whittier Elementary is one of 32 schools in Newport-Mesa Unified, based in Costa Mesa, California. The district serves 17,635 students district-wide and employs 902 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 476 students, Whittier Elementary is close to the district average of about 551 students per school.
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