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Which teacher or staff member at Whittier Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
816
Elementary
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMET UNIFIED·NCES 061692002158
Whittier Elementary
400 West Whittier Ave., Hemet, CA 92543 · (951) 765-1650 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL816 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
755 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 171 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (171) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (139).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
26.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.5pp since 2014
Math
13.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.6% | 17.9% | 19.2% | 54.3% |
| Math | 4.3% | 9.6% | 27.9% | 58.2% |
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 | 26.5% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 14.6% |
| 2022-23 | 17.8% | 11.1% |
| 2021-22 | 16.4% | 7.2% |
| 2018-19 | 24.7% | 13.9% |
| 2017-18 | 21.6% | 17.4% |
| 2016-17 | 25.4% | 20.2% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Whittier Elementary
Whittier Elementary's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier Elementary this school | 816 | 92.5% | 18.5% |
| Park Hill Elementary San Jacinto | 824 | 91.6% | 15.4% |
| Charles H. Castle Elementary Bakersfield | 832 | 93.8% | 20.7% |
| Fruitvale Elementary Hemet | 778 | 91.3% | 23.9% |
| Rosamond Elementary Rosamond | 822 | 88.2% | 16.6% |
| Park View Elementary Victorville | 793 | 89.4% | 21.2% |
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 Whittier Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #4,692 of 5,151 | #257 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #4,838 of 5,172 ▼ 130 | #265 of 283 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #4,330 of 5,172 ▲ 461 | #234 of 283 ▲ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #846 of 5,116 | #40 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 816 | #340 of 5,915 | #54 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,266 of 5,352 | #243 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #3,007 of 5,354 | #132 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.5% | #767 of 5,625 | #46 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #1,114 of 1,139 | #66 of 66 |
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
816
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,276
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 816 | 33 | 24.7:1 | 93% (755) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 36 | 22.3:1 | 92% (742) |
| 2022-23 | 886 | 37 | 23.9:1 | 92% (812) |
| 2020-21 | 825 | 36 | 22.9:1 | 95% (787) |
| 2017-18 | 813 | 32 | 25.4:1 | 92% (746) |
| 2015-16 | 1,047 | 43 | 24.4:1 | 91% (955) |
| 2010-11 | 1,161 | N/A | N/A | 86% (1,004) |
| 2000-01 | 1,179 | 63 | 18.7:1 | 83% (984) |
| 1990-91 | 1,276 | 48 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whittier Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (813 to 816); teachers up 3% (32 to 33).
About Whittier Elementary
Whittier Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in California, with an address in Hemet. Total enrollment is 816 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 75% higher.
Hemet Unified is responsible for 27 schools, Whittier Elementary included, with 22,778 students in all.
More than half of the students at Whittier Elementary are Hispanic (71%). After that, the student body is 12% Black, 10% White, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Riverside County is about 51% Hispanic. The diversity index for Whittier Elementary is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, Whittier Elementary has a ratio of 24.7:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 93%. The rate at public schools in Riverside County averages 74%, lower than here.
Test results at Whittier Elementary are 6.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (18.5% actual, 25.3% predicted).
In Riverside County, median household income comes to about $93,074, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 543, with about 424,872 students.
Measured in a straight line, Jacob Wiens Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Whittier Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Whittier Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 825 to 816. By 2024-25, the school had 24.7 students per teacher, compared with 22.9 in 2020-21.
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Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hemet Unified
- Hemet HighHigh · 2,414 students
- West Valley HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Tahquitz HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Diamond Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,123 students
- Dartmouth MiddleMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rancho Viejo MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
Other schools in Hemet
- Hemet HighHigh · 2,414 students
- West Valley HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Tahquitz HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Diamond Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,123 students
- Dartmouth MiddleMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rancho Viejo MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
Other Whittier Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 17 states are named Whittier Elementary. Whittier Elementary is the largest of the 35.
- Whittier ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 526 students
- Whittier ElementaryCosta Mesa, CA · 454 students
- Whittier ElementaryFrederick, MD · 779 students
- WHITTIER ELEMENTARYKANSAS CITY, MO · 550 students
- Whittier ElemKansas City, KS · 502 students
Nearby schools
- Jacob Wiens Elementary0.8 mi · 580
- Hemet Elementary0.8 mi · 783
- Acacia Middle1.0 mi · 958
- Academy of Innovation1.1 mi · 545
- Alessandro High1.1 mi · 335
- Diamond Valley Middle1.1 mi · 1,123
Frequently asked questions
About Whittier ElementaryHow large is Whittier Elementary?
Whittier Elementary enrolls approximately 816 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Whittier Elementary serve?
Whittier Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whittier Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whittier Elementary is approximately 24.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Whittier Elementary?
Student demographics at Whittier Elementary are roughly 10% White, 71% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Whittier Elementary in?
Whittier Elementary is part of Hemet Unified.
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