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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Longfellow Elementary, Whittier, CA

CEP schoolLongfellow Elementary is a public elementary school in Whittier, part of Whittier City School District. It enrolled 499 students in 2024-25, with 23.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
499
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Students per teacher
23.8
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.4 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.

This school23.8
District22.4
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
6005 South Magnolia Ave., Whittier, CA 90601
Phone
(562)789-3180
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
064245006942
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
307
Reduced-price lunch
84
Free or reduced-price lunch
39178.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
223Students 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Whittier

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.