Mulberry Elementary

Set in Whittier, California, Mulberry Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community, part of East Whittier City Elementary. It enrolls 447 students across grades K through 5.

Mulberry Elementary is one of 13 schools operated by East Whittier City Elementary, a district that works with 7,442 students overall.

On demographics, Mulberry Elementary lists that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 5% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at Mulberry Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Mulberry Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.6%; actual is 51.8%, +18.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mulberry 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 California High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mulberry Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mulberry Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 562 students in 2018 compared to 447 in 2025.

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