Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WHITTIER ELEMENTARY·NCES 063756007143
Carmela Elementary
13300 Lakeland Rd., Whittier, CA 90605 · (562) 941-2132 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
298 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 91% larger than its 6th grade class (35).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.3pp since 2014
Math
16.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.4% | 19.9% | 29.0% | 43.8% |
| Math | 5.1% | 11.8% | 39.3% | 43.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.3% | 16.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.4% | 19.4% |
| 2022-23 | 24.1% | 13.3% |
| 2021-22 | 29.9% | 13.6% |
| 2018-19 | 29.8% | 16.4% |
| 2017-18 | 30.1% | 18.6% |
| 2016-17 | 25.3% | 14.1% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 7.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 5.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Carmela Elementary
Carmela Elementary's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmela Elementary this school | 317 | 94.0% | 21.1% |
| Sheridan Way Elementary Ventura | 325 | 94.2% | 14.1% |
| Wilson Elementary Costa Mesa | 323 | 94.1% | 24.6% |
| Seeley Elementary Seeley | 325 | 93.2% | 26.3% |
| International Community Elementary Oakland | 301 | 94.0% | 15.8% |
| J. E. Hester Elementary Farmersville | 333 | 94.9% | N/A |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Carmela Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #4,486 of 5,151 | #1,067 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #4,582 of 5,172 ▼ 355 | #1,086 of 1,129 ▼ 66 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #4,242 of 5,172 ▲ 289 | #1,010 of 1,129 ▲ 43 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #3,260 of 5,116 | #799 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #4,620 of 5,915 | #1,019 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,594 of 5,352 | #476 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.1% | #4,839 of 5,354 | #1,015 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #576 of 5,625 | #270 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #1,053 of 3,837 | #393 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
317
-30 (-9%) vs 2020
-70% since 2000-01, when it was 1,042
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 23.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 317 | 15 | 21.1:1 | 94% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 16.4 | 20.5:1 | 95% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 16 | 21.6:1 | 89% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 15 | 23.1:1 | 89% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 17 | 24.4:1 | 93% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 18 | 25.2:1 | 94% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | N/A | N/A | 84% (477) |
| 2000-01 | 1,042 | 47 | 22.2:1 | 86% (896) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carmela Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (414 to 317); teachers down 12% (17 to 15).
About Carmela Elementary
Carmela Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Whittier, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 317 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
A total of 6 schools make up South Whittier Elementary, with 2,253 students enrolled.
The large majority of students at Carmela Elementary, 94%, are Hispanic. Next come 4% White. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. Carmela Elementary has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 15 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 21.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 94% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
The allk12 Grade for Carmela Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Carmela Elementary would score about 24.5%. It scores 21.1%, 3.4 points below that figure.
Los Angeles County has about 9,808,667 residents, and median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The shortest distance from Carmela Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Loma Vista Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Carmela Elementary ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Carmela Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 317 was 9% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 347. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (21.1:1) than in 2020-21 (23.1:1).
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Carmela Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Whittier Elementary
- Richard L. Graves MiddleMiddle · 484 students
- Los Altos ElementaryElementary · 457 students
- Howard J. McKibben ElementaryElementary · 430 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryElementary · 379 students
- Lake Marie ElementaryElementary · 186 students
Other schools in Whittier
- La Serna HighHigh · 2,372 students
- California HighHigh · 2,261 students
- Whittier HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,000 students
- Granada MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- East Whittier MiddleMiddle · 985 students
Nearby schools
- Loma Vista Elementary0.5 mi · 379
- Howard J. McKibben Elementary0.7 mi · 430
- Lake Marie Elementary0.8 mi · 186
- Richard L. Graves Middle0.9 mi · 484
- Ceres Elementary1.2 mi · 492
- Los Altos Elementary1.2 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Carmela ElementaryHow many students attend Carmela Elementary?
Carmela Elementary enrolls approximately 317 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Carmela Elementary serve?
Carmela Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Carmela Elementary have?
Carmela Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
How diverse is Carmela Elementary?
Carmela Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Carmela Elementary?
Carmela Elementary is overseen by South Whittier Elementary in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.