Loma Vista Elementary

As a cozy elementary school in Whittier, California, Loma Vista Elementary teaches 379 students from grades K through 6, run under South Whittier Elementary.

South Whittier Elementary comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,253 students; Loma Vista Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Loma Vista Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). The remainder comes out to 2% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Loma Vista Elementary records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Loma Vista Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at Loma Vista Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Loma Vista Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.2%.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Loma Vista Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Carmela Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Loma Vista Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.7%.

Loma Vista Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 26%: 511 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025.

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