Ceres Elementary

Ceres Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus in Whittier, California, run under East Whittier City Elementary. The school enrolls 492 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 13 schools in East Whittier City Elementary (7,442 students total), Ceres Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Ceres Elementary logs that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 6% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 67% of students at Ceres Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Ceres Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Ceres Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Howard J. McKibben Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ceres Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 28%: 384 students in 2018 compared to 492 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Ceres Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.