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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITTIER CITY·NCES 064245006947
Christian Sorensen Science Academy
11493 East Rosehedge Dr., Whittier, CA 90606 · (562) 789-3220 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
355 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
39.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.8pp since 2014
Math
37.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.7% | 24.1% | 28.4% | 31.8% |
| Math | 18.6% | 18.6% | 31.6% | 31.2% |
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 | 39.8% | 37.1% |
| 2023-24 | 43.5% | 37.8% |
| 2022-23 | 41.7% | 38.7% |
| 2021-22 | 39.7% | 33.3% |
| 2018-19 | 52.1% | 41.4% |
| 2017-18 | 50.4% | 41.5% |
| 2016-17 | 46.8% | 38.5% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Christian Sorensen Science Academy
Christian Sorensen Science Academy's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Sorensen Science Academy this school | 446 | 79.6% | 39.6% |
| Victor F. Hodge Elementary Azusa | 460 | 79.6% | 34.2% |
| Sunflower Elementary El Centro | 427 | 79.2% | 42.5% |
| Margaret Hedrick Elementary El Centro | 446 | 78.5% | 24.9% |
| Laurel Elementary Whittier | 465 | 81.3% | 40.0% |
| Rio Lindo Elementary Oxnard | 405 | 79.0% | 24.2% |
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 Christian Sorensen Science Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #2,528 of 5,151 | #616 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #2,534 of 5,172 ▼ 179 | #636 of 1,129 ▼ 69 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #2,943 of 5,172 ▼ 548 | #707 of 1,129 ▼ 158 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,662 of 5,116 | #662 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #3,082 of 5,915 | #639 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,855 of 5,352 | #886 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.7% | #4,664 of 5,354 | #959 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #2,223 of 5,625 | #703 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #3,051 of 3,837 | #811 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
446
-51 (-10%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 27.6:1
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 | 446 | 18.5 | 24.1:1 | 80% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 20.5 | 22.6:1 | 81% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 19.7 | 24.8:1 | 67% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 18 | 27.6:1 | 76% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 19 | 25.3:1 | 82% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 18 | 27.6:1 | 84% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | N/A | N/A | 64% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 27 | 20.3:1 | 63% (346) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | 17 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christian Sorensen Science Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (480 to 446); teachers down 3% (19 to 18.5).
About Christian Sorensen Science Academy
Federal records list Christian Sorensen Science Academy as an elementary school in Whittier, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 446 students.
Whittier City is made up of 12 schools with 5,288 students in all.
Christian Sorensen Science Academy is 92% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% Asian, 2% multiracial, and 2% White. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
On staff are 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.1:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 80% of students at Christian Sorensen Science Academy are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Christian Sorensen Science Academy sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.6% and a predicted 32.9%.
In Los Angeles County, home to about 9,808,667 people, median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include Christian Sorensen Science Academy.
About 0.6 miles separate Christian Sorensen Science Academy from the closest public school, Katherine Edwards Mid Sch STEAM & Dual Immersion Acad. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 43.7%; Christian Sorensen Science Academy's is 39.6%, ranking 6th of 8.
Christian Sorensen Science Academy has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% decline, from 497 to 446. The ratio of students to teachers went from 27.6:1 to 24.1:1 over the same years.
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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 Whittier City
- Katherine Edwards Mid Sch STEAM & Dual Immersion AcadMiddle · 894 students
- Walter F. Dexter MiddleMiddle · 610 students
- Wallen L. AndrewsElementary · 542 students
- Daniel Phelan Language AcademyElementary · 507 students
- Longfellow ElementaryElementary · 499 students
- Lou Henry Hoover School of Fine ArtsElementary · 374 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
- Katherine Edwards Mid Sch STEAM & Dual Immersion Acad0.6 mi · 894
- Daniel Phelan Language Academy0.7 mi · 507
- West Whittier Elementary0.7 mi · 346
- Longfellow Elementary0.9 mi · 499
- Whittier High0.9 mi · 1,652
- Walter F. Dexter Middle1.0 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Christian Sorensen Science AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Christian Sorensen Science Academy?
Christian Sorensen Science Academy enrolls approximately 446 students in grades KG-05.
Is Christian Sorensen Science Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Christian Sorensen Science Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Christian Sorensen Science Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Christian Sorensen Science Academy is approximately 24.1:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Christian Sorensen Science Academy?
Student demographics at Christian Sorensen Science Academy are roughly 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Christian Sorensen Science Academy in?
Christian Sorensen Science Academy is part of Whittier City.
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