Whittier Union High

Public school district based in Whittier, California. NCES district ID 0642480; state ID CA-1965128.

District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.

Operating schoolsDefinition

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25 · 2024–25

Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition

9,798

Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25 · 2024–25

Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition

442.0

Source: NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25 · 2024–25

Students per teacher FTEDefinition

22.2

Not class size.
Source: NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25 · 2024–25

Charter schoolsDefinition

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25 · 2024–25

Enrollment by grade

**Students by grade, Whittier Union High**Whittier Union High, California · students (sum of schools) · school year 2024–25 · Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a
Group	Students	Bar
Grade 9	2,360
Grade 10	2,251
Grade 11	2,548
Grade 12	2,639

Students by race/ethnicity

**Share of students by race/ethnicity, Whittier Union High**Whittier Union High, California · % of students with a reported category · school year 2024–25 · Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a · groups under 10 students hidden
Group	Share	Bar
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%
Asian	2.2%
Black or African American	0.8%
Hispanic/Latino	90.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	Suppressed
Two or more races	0.5%
White	5.8%
Not Specified	Suppressed

Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.

Students by sex

**Share of students by sex, Whittier Union High**Whittier Union High, California · % of students · school year 2024–25 · Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a
Group	Share	Bar
Female	48.2%
Male	51.7%
Not Specified	0.1%

Schools in this district

Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Suburb 7.

**Operating public schools, Whittier Union High**California · school year 2024–25 · Source: NCES CCD and EDGE
School	Grades	Type	Students	Teacher FTE	Students / FTE	Locale
La Serna High Whittier	9–12	Regular	2,372	91.5	25.9	Suburb: Large
California High Whittier	9–12	Regular	2,261	102.5	22.1	Suburb: Large
Santa Fe High Santa Fe Springs	9–12	Regular	1,865	77.1	24.2	Suburb: Large
Whittier High Whittier	9–12	Regular	1,652	77.2	21.4	Suburb: Large
Pioneer High Whittier	9–12	Regular	1,000	53.3	18.8	Suburb: Large
Frontier High (Continuation) Whittier	9–12	Alternative	364	27.5	13.2	Suburb: Large
Sierra Vista High (Alternative) Whittier	9–12	Alternative	284	12.9	22	Suburb: Large

Finance and graduation rates

District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.

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Sources for this page

NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.

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