Mill School and Technology Academy

Mill School and Technology Academy is one of the cozy elementary campuss in Whittier, California, part of Whittier City, with 341 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Whittier City runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 5,288 students. Mill School and Technology Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mill School and Technology Academy reports that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% Asian, 4% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Mill School and Technology Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Mill School and Technology Academy is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 41.8%; this one delivers 65.1%, a residual of +23.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put 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%. Mill School and Technology Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

South El Monte High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mill School and Technology Academy. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mill School and Technology Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mill School and Technology Academy's enrollment has declined 24% since 2018, when it stood at 450 (now 341). Hispanic enrollment moved from 93% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 30.8:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

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