Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5
Christian Sorensen Science Academy, Whittier, CA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 446
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.0
- Students per teacher
- 24.8
- Grades
- K to 5
This school's ratio is 2.4 higher than the district figure of 22.4. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 11493 East Rosehedge Dr., Whittier, CA 90606
- Phone
- (562)789-3220
- District
- Whittier City School District
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 064245006947
School meals
- Free lunch
- 293
- Reduced-price lunch
- 62
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 35579.6% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 201Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Whittier City School District
- Wallen L. Andrews 542 students
- Daniel Phelan Language Academy 507 students
- Longfellow Elementary 499 students
- Lou Henry Hoover School of Fine Arts 374 students
- West Whittier Elementary 346 students
- Mill School and Technology Academy 341 students
- Lydia Jackson College Preparatory Academy 338 students
- Orange Grove Elementary 324 students
- Whittier Independent Study 67 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Whittier
- Ocean View Elementary East Whittier City Elementary School District
- Leffingwell Elementary East Whittier City Elementary School District
- Jordan Elementary Lowell Joint School District
- Scott Avenue Elementary East Whittier City Elementary School District
- Ceres Elementary East Whittier City Elementary School District
- Orchard Dale Elementary East Whittier City Elementary School District
- Meadow Green Elementary Lowell Joint School District
- Murphy Ranch Elementary East Whittier City Elementary School District
- Laurel Elementary East Whittier City Elementary School District
- Los Altos Elementary South Whittier Elementary School District
- Mulberry Elementary East Whittier City Elementary School District
- Howard J. McKibben Elementary South Whittier Elementary School District
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.