Longfellow Elementary

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Whittier, California, Longfellow Elementary teaches 499 students from grades K through 5, operated by Whittier City.

Longfellow Elementary is one of 12 schools operated by Whittier City, a district that hosts 5,288 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Longfellow Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). The remainder comes out to 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Longfellow Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Longfellow Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Longfellow Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Longfellow Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Walter F. Dexter Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Longfellow Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 40.3%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 563 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Longfellow Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.