Elementary · California

Orange Grove Elementary

Free meals for all

Orange Grove Elementary, a public elementary school in Whittier, California: grades k–5, 324 students, 21.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Whittier City.

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: 324
Teachers (FTE): 15.3
Students per teacher: 21.1
Grades: K–5; 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 76% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Smaller than 68% 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
Run by: Whittier City

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

Location

Address: 10626 East Orange Grove Ave., Whittier, CA 90601
Phone: (562)789-3200
City or town: Whittier
County: Los Angeles County

Website Quality of life in Whittier Schools in 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
Whittier Independent StudyAlternative	K–8	67	33.5	0.5 mi
West Whittier ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	346	19.9	0.8 mi
Longfellow ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	499	23.2	0.8 mi
South Ranchito Dual Language AcademyFree meals for all	K–5	351	21.9	1.1 mi
Christian Sorensen Science AcademyFree meals for all	K–5	446	24.1	1.3 mi
Daniel Phelan Language AcademyFree meals for all	K–5	507	24.6	1.3 mi

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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