Jordan Elementary

As a reasonably sized primary school in Whittier, California, Jordan Elementary caters to 516 students from grades K through 6, overseen by Lowell Joint.

Across the 6 schools in Lowell Joint (2,980 students total), Jordan Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Jordan Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%); the rest is composed of 7% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jordan Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.9%; this one delivers 49.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Jordan Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Macy Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jordan Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Jordan Elementary's enrollment has grew 22% since 2018, when it stood at 423 (now 516). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 75% to 86%.

On the community side, the feed for Jordan Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.