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Los Altos Elementary

📍 12001 Bona Vista Ln., Whittier, Los Angeles County, 90604

488
Pupils
23.0
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Los Altos Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Whittier, Los Angeles County. The school has 488 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Vanessa Muñoz. It is part of the South Whittier Elementary school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.

School details

Principal
Vanessa Muñoz
School district
South Whittier Elementary

Enrollment & staffing

Los Altos Elementary enrolls 488 students across grades K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.

Male students
252 (52%)
Female students
236 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
21.2
Student-teacher ratio
23.0:1
Grade span
K–6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% White and 1.6% Asian.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino45894%
White163.3%
Asian81.6%
Black or African American4<1%
Two or more races2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

447 of the school's 488 students (92%) 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.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades K–6Title I

Los Altos Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.

School district: South Whittier Elementary

Los Altos Elementary is one of 6 schools in South Whittier Elementary, based in Whittier, California. The district serves 2,258 students district-wide and employs 105 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 488 students, Los Altos Elementary is larger than the district average of about 376 students per school.

2,258
District students
6
Schools
105
Teachers (FTE)

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