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Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Walter F. Dexter Middle, Whittier, CA

CEP schoolWalter F. Dexter Middle is a public middle school in Whittier, part of Whittier City School District. It enrolled 610 students in 2024-25, with 21.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
610
Teachers (FTE)
28.0
Students per teacher
21.8
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as 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 school21.8
District22.4
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
11532 East Floral Dr., Whittier, CA 90601
Phone
(562)789-3090
District
Whittier City School District
County
Los Angeles County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
064245006936
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
447
Reduced-price lunch
82
Free or reduced-price lunch
52986.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
317Students 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 middle schools in Whittier City School District

Middle 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.