Leffingwell Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Whittier, California, Leffingwell Elementary enrolls 551 students from grades K through 5, part of East Whittier City Elementary.

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

Demographically, Leffingwell Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%; the rest comes out to 11% White, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Leffingwell Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Leffingwell Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Leffingwell Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.7%; actual is 73.1%, +25.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Leffingwell Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Murphy Ranch Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Leffingwell Elementary. On composite proficiency, Leffingwell Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Leffingwell Elementary has fell 7%, going from 595 students in 2018 to 551 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 24% to 11% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 today.

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