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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Mulberry Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST WHITTIER CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061185001318
Mulberry Elementary
14029 East Mulberry Dr., Whittier, CA 90605 · (562) 789-7100 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
344 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
52.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.9pp since 2014
Math
51.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.4% | 24.5% | 18.6% | 28.4% |
| Math | 25.7% | 25.7% | 22.8% | 25.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 51.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 50.2% |
| 2022-23 | 56.3% | 47.8% |
| 2021-22 | 50.8% | 46.9% |
| 2018-19 | 57.1% | 50.4% |
| 2017-18 | 58.5% | 46.5% |
| 2016-17 | 51.6% | 40.9% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 34.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mulberry Elementary
Mulberry Elementary's state test result (51.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry Elementary this school | 447 | 77.0% | 51.9% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary La Habra | 467 | 75.4% | 39.8% |
| John E. Steinbeck Elementary Salinas | 486 | 78.0% | 27.9% |
| Jordan Academy of Language and Computer Science Orange | 430 | 74.7% | 44.0% |
| Olive Street Elementary Anaheim | 417 | 76.7% | 23.1% |
| Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula Seaside | 410 | 77.8% | 29.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mulberry Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #1,591 of 5,151 | #357 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #1,490 of 5,172 ▲ 12 | #343 of 1,129 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #1,825 of 5,172 ▼ 161 | #408 of 1,129 ▼ 46 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #2,178 of 5,116 | #576 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #3,062 of 5,915 | #636 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #4,697 of 5,352 | #1,063 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #4,408 of 5,354 | #870 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #2,463 of 5,625 | #769 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #1,372 of 3,837 | #480 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
447
-82 (-16%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 25.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 447 | 17.5 | 25.6:1 | 77% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 19.5 | 23.9:1 | 73% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 20.5 | 23.9:1 | 71% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 21 | 25.2:1 | 57% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 22 | 25.6:1 | 71% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 24 | 24.9:1 | 74% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | N/A | N/A | 67% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 711 | 36 | 19.8:1 | 48% (338) |
| 1990-91 | 620 | 24 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mulberry Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (562 to 447); teachers down 21% (22 to 17.5).
About Mulberry Elementary
Mulberry Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Whittier, California. Its enrollment is 447 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
The 13 schools in East Whittier City Elementary enroll 7,442 students altogether, Mulberry Elementary among them.
Hispanic students account for 89% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 5% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 41 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 20% means there is a 20% chance two randomly chosen students at Mulberry Elementary are from different groups.
Mulberry Elementary has 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 25.6:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 77%.
Mulberry Elementary outperforms its prediction by 17.4 points. The model expects 34.5% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 51.9%.
For Los Angeles County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Mulberry Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
The closest school to Mulberry Elementary is California High, located about 0.4 miles away. Mulberry Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 44.8% on proficiency, and Mulberry Elementary is above that at 51.9%.
Mulberry Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 529 (2020-21) to 447 (2024-25).
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Mulberry Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Whittier City Elementary
- Granada MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- East Whittier MiddleMiddle · 985 students
- Ocean View ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Hillview MiddleMiddle · 643 students
- Leffingwell ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Scott Avenue ElementaryElementary · 494 students
Other schools in Whittier
- La Serna HighHigh · 2,372 students
- California HighHigh · 2,261 students
- Whittier HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,000 students
- Granada MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- East Whittier MiddleMiddle · 985 students
Other Mulberry Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Mulberry Elementary. Mulberry Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Mulberry ElementaryBrawley, CA · 61 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolHouma, LA · 789 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolAuburn, GA · 763 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolMilford, OH · 446 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolNorth Wilkesboro, NC · 419 students
Nearby schools
- California High0.4 mi · 2,261
- Ceres Elementary0.7 mi · 492
- Howard J. McKibben Elementary0.8 mi · 430
- Laurel Elementary0.8 mi · 465
- East Whittier Middle1.0 mi · 985
- Sierra Vista High (Alternative)1.0 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Mulberry ElementaryHow large is Mulberry Elementary?
Mulberry Elementary enrolls approximately 447 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mulberry Elementary serve?
Mulberry Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mulberry Elementary?
Approximately 25.6:1 students per teacher at Mulberry Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mulberry Elementary?
At Mulberry Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 89% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Mulberry Elementary public or private?
Mulberry Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Whittier City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.