Elementary · California
Murphy Ranch Elementary
Free meals for allMurphy Ranch Elementary, a public elementary school in Whittier, California: grades k–5, 466 students, 28.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of East Whittier City 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
- 466
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.5
- Students per teacher
- 28.2
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 98% of elementary schools in California
Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared
More students per teacher than 99% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 52% of elementary schools in California
Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared
Larger than 60% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with East Whittier City Elementary.
Location
- Address
- 16021 Janine Dr., Whittier, CA 90603
- Phone
- (562)789-2150
- City or town
- Whittier
- County
- Los Angeles County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Leffingwell ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 551 | 24.5 |
| K–6 | 516 | 24.6 | |
| K–6 | 413 | 22.9 | |
Orchard Dale ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 472 | 22.5 |
| K–6 | 469 | 23.5 | |
Scott Avenue ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 494 | 24.5 |
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).
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