Elementary · California

Carmela Elementary

Free meals for all

Carmela Elementary, a public elementary school in Whittier, California: grades k–6, 317 students, 21.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of South Whittier Elementary.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 317
Teachers (FTE): 15.0
Students per teacher: 21.1
Grades: K–6; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 66% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

More students per teacher than 89% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 78% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Smaller than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

27%proficient

+4.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 82% of elementary schools in California

Median 43% · 5,677 elementary schools compared

176 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

17%proficient

−2.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 88% of elementary schools in California

Median 36% · 5,679 elementary schools compared

178 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–6
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: South Whittier Elementary

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with South Whittier Elementary.

Location

Address: 13300 Lakeland Rd., Whittier, CA 90605
Phone: (562)941-2132
City or town: South Whittier
County: Los Angeles County

Website Quality of life in South Whittier Schools in South Whittier

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Loma Vista ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	379	23.7	39%	36%	0.5 mi
Howard J. McKibben ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	430	23.9	36%	35%	0.7 mi
Lake Marie ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	186	23.3	52%	34%	0.8 mi
Ceres ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	492	22.4	54%	55%	1.2 mi
Los Altos ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	457	21.8	30%	20%	1.2 mi
Mulberry ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	447	25.6	53%	51%	1.4 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 063756007143