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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Whittier High administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,652
High
DISTRICT 1,400 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITTIER UNION HIGH·NCES 064248006955
Whittier High
12417 East Philadelphia St., Whittier, CA 90601 · (562) 698-8121 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,652 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of California public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
1,412 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 419 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 413 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 414 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 406 | 25% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
63.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.7pp since 2014
Math
41.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +21.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.2% | 35.5% | 21.7% | 14.6% |
| Math | 14.3% | 27.4% | 23.0% | 35.3% |
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 | 63.7% | 41.6% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 43.5% |
| 2022-23 | 61.7% | 34.2% |
| 2021-22 | 52.2% | 33.8% |
| 2020-21 | 61.1% | 43.8% |
| 2018-19 | 61.8% | 36.8% |
| 2017-18 | 59.8% | 35.5% |
| 2016-17 | 61.7% | 31.6% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% 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 24 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 Whittier High
Whittier High's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier High this school | 1,652 | 85.5% | 53.0% |
| Rancho San Juan High Salinas | 1,600 | 84.1% | 35.5% |
| Shafter High Shafter | 1,599 | 87.5% | 30.7% |
| Wasco High Wasco | 1,672 | 87.5% | 38.7% |
| Soledad High Soledad | 1,546 | 85.1% | 27.6% |
| Southwest Senior High San Diego | 1,563 | 84.4% | 31.6% |
Matched among California high 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 High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #278 of 1,052 | #59 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #249 of 1,056 ▼ 35 | #58 of 229 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #385 of 1,056 ▼ 10 | #85 of 229 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.6pp | #158 of 1,044 | #54 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,652 | #479 of 2,093 | #93 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #744 of 1,352 | #236 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.3% | #1,183 of 1,351 | #269 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #459 of 1,575 | #204 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #346 of 802 | #129 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,652
-225 (-12%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 1,781
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 1,652 | 77.2 | 21.4:1 | 85% (1,412) |
| 2023-24 | 1,710 | 80.9 | 21.1:1 | 86% (1,476) |
| 2022-23 | 1,767 | 81.6 | 21.6:1 | 85% (1,503) |
| 2020-21 | 1,877 | 76 | 24.7:1 | 74% (1,398) |
| 2017-18 | 1,906 | 76.8 | 24.8:1 | 76% (1,443) |
| 2015-16 | 2,082 | 81 | 25.7:1 | 75% (1,552) |
| 2010-11 | 2,561 | N/A | N/A | 67% (1,724) |
| 2000-01 | 1,894 | 81 | 23.4:1 | 37% (702) |
| 1990-91 | 1,781 | 75 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whittier High.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,906 to 1,652); teachers unchanged (76.8 to 77.2).
About Whittier High
Whittier High is a large high school for students in Whittier, California. Total enrollment is 1,652 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. It has 97% more students than the average for high schools in California (about 838).
Whittier Union High is responsible for 7 schools, Whittier High included, with 9,798 students in all.
The share of students at Whittier High who are Hispanic is 92%. Enrollment also includes 5% White. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 14, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 21.4:1 is based on 77.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in California have an average ratio of 18.2:1. In all, 85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Whittier High earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 94% of California public high schools.
Whittier High is 23.5 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in California.
For Los Angeles County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
Longfellow Elementary sits about 0.6 miles from Whittier High. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Whittier High ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Federal data place Whittier High in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 12%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 24.7:1 to 21.4:1 over the same years.
Whittier High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Whittier Union High
- La Serna HighHigh · 2,372 students
- California HighHigh · 2,261 students
- Santa Fe HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,000 students
- Frontier High (Continuation)High · 364 students
- Sierra Vista High (Alternative)High · 284 students
Other schools in Whittier
- La Serna HighHigh · 2,372 students
- California HighHigh · 2,261 students
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,000 students
- Granada MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- East Whittier MiddleMiddle · 985 students
- Katherine Edwards Mid Sch STEAM & Dual Immersion AcadMiddle · 894 students
Nearby schools
- Longfellow Elementary0.6 mi · 499
- Lou Henry Hoover School of Fine Arts0.9 mi · 374
- Walter F. Dexter Middle0.9 mi · 610
- Christian Sorensen Science Academy0.9 mi · 446
- Whittier Independent Study0.9 mi · 67
- Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy1.1 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Whittier HighHow large is Whittier High?
Whittier High enrolls approximately 1,652 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Whittier High serve?
Whittier High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Whittier High have?
Whittier High employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
How diverse is Whittier High?
Whittier High reports a student body of 5% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Whittier High in?
Whittier High is part of Whittier Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.