South Whittier Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 5 public elementary schools run from the 22nd to the 61st percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). High school is run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.
K5Elementary
68Middle
912High
South Whittier Elementary · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 5 schools
from 22nd to 61st · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Lake Marie Elementary: 61st percentile, Solid
Loma Vista Elementary: 52nd percentile, Solid
Howard J. McKibben Elementary: 50th percentile, Solid
Carmela Elementary: 22nd percentile, Needs Support
Los Altos Elementary: 22nd percentile, Needs Support
2Needs Support
0Developing
3Solid
0Strong
Middle · 1 school
at 31st · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Richard L. Graves Middle: 31st percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
0Solid
0Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.
Schools around the South Whittier Elementary district
The average elementary school in the South Whittier Elementary district had 16 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.
Middle schools
Where does the middle school we score in the South Whittier Elementary district stand?
Richard L. Graves Middle is at the 31st percentile.
That’s higher than 31 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in South Whittier Elementary.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Where does South Whittier Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The South Whittier Elementary district spent $23,993 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 68 cents of every South Whittier Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction.
Spending by function
Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.
Share by function, 2024–25
Instruction68%
Instruction support7%
Student services9%
Administration7%
Buildings & maintenance9%
Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.
What the district plans
$32.9 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 53 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 58% of its $57.1 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.
The plan in short
Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 150 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 69% of the money. The plan itself puts 95% of it toward staff.
High-Quality Instruction $17.8 million
Classified and Certificated Management $3.1 million
District Support Staff $1.9 million
50 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
3 of the plan’s 53 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name catch-up help or English learners
Catch-up help $176,589
English learners $161,249
Largest of these
MTSS Support$176,589
English Learner Support$149,849
Professional Development Dually Identified students (ELs/SWDs)$11,400
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students
It plans $9.7 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $9.8 million and estimates it spent $10.3 million, $0.5 million (4%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$10.3 million spent (estimated)$9.8 million planned
What changed
The total is $2.2 million (6%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Classified and Certificated Management, which went from $2.5 million to $3.1 million.
Largest cuts
High-Quality Instruction−$475,061
Wellness Services−$427,720
District Support Staff−$397,834
Largest increases
Classified and Certificated Management+$562,515
Professional Development: Certificated Collaboration and Learning+$214,362
Professional Development+$206,795
New in the 2026–27 plan
Summer Programs$194,223
What its goals measure
Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.
What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 2 and 3
35%
39%
up 4 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 2 and 3
26%
27%
up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 4
18 in 100
17 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 5
2.1%
2.5%
up 0.4 pts
Goal 1 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.
Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.
The plan’s own titles and amounts
High-Quality Instruction · $17,828,073
Classified and Certificated Management · $3,053,684
District Support Staff · $1,852,101
The full plan5 goals, 37 measures and where the money goes
We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($32.9 million).
Where does the money go?
84% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1Create a standards-based learning environment where students feel safe within a strong and positive school…$27.5 million84% of action budgets
“Create a standards-based learning environment where students feel safe within a strong and positive school culture that is collaborative, unbiased, and inclusive of all student groups” p. 20 ↗
21 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $28.2 million (−$613,952)
Largest funded actions
High-Quality Instruction$17.8 millionaction 1.1 · p. 100 ↗
Classified and Certificated Management$3.1 millionaction 1.2 · p. 100 ↗
District Support Staff$1.9 millionaction 1.5 · p. 100 ↗
Personalized Learning Support$0.8 millionaction 1.9 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Extended DayTK/Kindergarten$0.6 millionaction 1.15 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
16 more funded actions in this goal
Physical Education Support and Collaboration · action 1.21 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.6 million
Access to Health Support · action 1.20 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
Instructional Support Staff (Paraprofessionals) · action 1.17 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
Library Access · action 1.4 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
School Psychologists · action 1.14 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Summer Programs · action 1.19 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Instructional Materials/Supplies · action 1.12 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Student Learning Support · action 1.13 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Middle School Counselor · action 1.18 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Campus Supervision · action 1.8 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
District Secretary Business/ Maintenance and Operations Secretary · action 1.6 · p. 100 ↗$0.1 million
District Nurse · action 1.11 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Summer Planning for Learners · action 1.3 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Classroom Environment · action 1.10 · p. 101 ↗under $0.1 million
Instructional Materials/Supplies - Classwallet · action 1.16 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Standards Aligned Textbooks and Materials · action 1.7 · p. 100 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Classified and Certificated Management+$0.6 million$2.5 million → $3.1 million · p. 100 ↗
High-Quality Instruction−$0.5 million$18.3 million → $17.8 million · p. 100 ↗
District Support Staff−$0.4 million$2.2 million → $1.9 million · p. 100 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Personalized Learning Support · $685,153 → $768,157 · p. 100 ↗+$83,004
Extended DayTK/Kindergarten · $630,197 → $613,942 · p. 101 ↗−$16,255
Physical Education Support and Collaboration · $694,820 → $550,976 · p. 102 ↗−$143,844
Access to Health Support · $487,920 → $528,890 · p. 102 ↗+$40,970
Instructional Support Staff (Paraprofessionals) · $434,978 → $460,475 · p. 101 ↗+$25,497
Library Access · $478,694 → $404,309 · p. 100 ↗−$74,385
School Psychologists · $288,657 → $256,671 · p. 101 ↗−$31,986
Summer Programs · $194,223 · p. 101 ↗new or renamed
Instructional Materials/Supplies · $40,000 → $183,190 · p. 101 ↗+$143,190
Student Learning Support · $257,914 → $181,699 · p. 101 ↗−$76,215
Middle School Counselor · $316,559 → $158,269 · p. 101 ↗−$158,290
Campus Supervision · $115,970 → $118,847 · p. 100 ↗+$2,877
District Secretary Business/ Maintenance and Operations Secretary · $99,996 → $107,212 · p. 100 ↗+$7,216
District Nurse · $95,157 → $97,298 · p. 101 ↗+$2,141
Summer Planning for Learners · $129,564 → $50,000 · p. 100 ↗−$79,564
Classroom Environment · $150,000 → $50,000 · p. 101 ↗−$100,000
Instructional Materials/Supplies - Classwallet · $40,000 · p. 101 ↗new or renamed
Standards Aligned Textbooks and Materials · $100,000 → $39,849 · p. 100 ↗−$60,151
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 6 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 20 ↗.
Goal 2Utilize research-based practices and a cycle of continuous improvement based on data to support a broad…$2.0 million6% of action budgets
“Utilize research-based practices and a cycle of continuous improvement based on data to support a broad course of study, which will prepare students for the 21st century global market” p. 31 ↗
12 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.3 million (−$229,039)
Largest funded actions
Computer Supplies, Consulting Services and Classified Support$509,822action 2.3 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Visual and Performing Arts$365,335action 2.11 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Site Allocations$294,074action 2.9 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Instructional Support/TOSAs$248,106action 2.7 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Progress Monitoring$220,000action 2.4 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
7 more funded actions in this goal
English Learner Support · action 2.6 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$149,849
Technology Integration · action 2.10 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$80,181
Access to Books · action 2.12 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$75,000
One to One Chromebook Program · action 2.2 · p. 102 ↗$50,000
AVID Program · action 2.5 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$32,231
Instructional Leadership Teams · action 2.1 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$10,000
Curriculum Task Force and K-8 Articulation · action 2.8 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$6,860
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Visual and Performing Arts+$199,050$166,285 → $365,335 · p. 102 ↗
Technology Integration−$117,294$197,475 → $80,181 · p. 102 ↗
One to One Chromebook Program−$100,000$150,000 → $50,000 · p. 102 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Computer Supplies, Consulting Services and Classified Support · $482,379 → $509,822 · p. 102 ↗+$27,443
Site Allocations · $280,573 → $294,074 · p. 102 ↗+$13,501
Instructional Support/TOSAs · $325,379 → $248,106 · p. 102 ↗−$77,273
Progress Monitoring · $180,427 → $220,000 · p. 102 ↗+$39,573
English Learner Support · $172,601 → $149,849 · p. 102 ↗−$22,752
Access to Books · $75,000 · p. 103 ↗new or renamed
AVID Program · $53,010 → $32,231 · p. 102 ↗−$20,779
Instructional Leadership Teams · $34,919 → $10,000 · p. 102 ↗−$24,919
Curriculum Task Force and K-8 Articulation · $22,884 → $6,860 · p. 102 ↗−$16,024
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 10 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 31 ↗.
Goal 3Provide a strong educator support system for all staff to develop professional efficacy and strong…$1.5 million5% of action budgets
“Provide a strong educator support system for all staff to develop professional efficacy and strong engagement, to ensure a focus on student success, achievement, and empowerment in order for all students to achieve their greatest potential” p. 47 ↗
7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.0 million (+$482,906)
Largest funded actions
Professional Development: Certificated Collaboration and Learning$893,334action 3.2 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Professional Development$326,000action 3.4 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Professional Development: Classified Collaboration and Learning$148,485action 3.3 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Professional Development Sub Release Pay and Extra Pay$74,826action 3.7 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Professional Development: Travel and Conference$35,000action 3.1 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
2 more funded actions in this goal
Professional Development Language Acquisition Programs · action 3.5 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$28,655
Professional Development Dually Identified students (ELs/SWDs) · action 3.6 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$11,400
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Professional Development: Certificated Collaboration and Learning+$214,362$678,972 → $893,334 · p. 103 ↗
Professional Development+$206,795$119,205 → $326,000 · p. 103 ↗
Professional Development: Classified Collaboration and Learning+$36,202$112,283 → $148,485 · p. 103 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Professional Development Sub Release Pay and Extra Pay · $62,170 → $74,826 · p. 103 ↗+$12,656
Professional Development: Travel and Conference · $37,189 → $35,000 · p. 103 ↗−$2,189
Professional Development Language Acquisition Programs · $10,686 → $28,655 · p. 103 ↗+$17,969
Professional Development Dually Identified students (ELs/SWDs) · $14,289 → $11,400 · p. 103 ↗−$2,889
How the plan measures it · 7 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 47 ↗.
Goal 4Strengthen communications and facilitate trusting partnerships with parents and community members by…$660,3922% of action budgets
“Strengthen communications and facilitate trusting partnerships with parents and community members by providing resources and opportunities for parents’ active engagement in their child’s education” p. 54 ↗
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 54 ↗.
Goal 5Provide a comprehensive, multi-tiered system of support within academics, behavior, and social- emotional…$1.2 million4% of action budgets
“Provide a comprehensive, multi-tiered system of support within academics, behavior, and social- emotional services to facilitate student success, which includes increased and improved services for EL, LI and FY” p. 69 ↗
6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.8 million (−$1.7 million)
Largest funded actions
Wellness Services$807,278action 5.5 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $609,867 is state funding counted toward those services
MTSS Support$176,589action 5.4 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Student Services Support$137,938action 5.2 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
School Climate Improvement$31,130action 5.1 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Behavioral and Mental Health Support$11,677action 5.3 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
1 more funded action in this goal
California Healthy Kids Survey · action 5.7 · p. 104 ↗$1,500
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Wellness Services−$0.4 million$1.2 million → $0.8 million · p. 104 ↗
Behavioral and Mental Health Support−$229,210$240,887 → $11,677 · p. 104 ↗
School Climate Improvement−$51,375$82,505 → $31,130 · p. 104 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
MTSS Support · $173,009 → $176,589 · p. 104 ↗+$3,580
Student Services Support · $137,541 → $137,938 · p. 104 ↗+$397
California Healthy Kids Survey · $1,500 → $1,500 · p. 104 ↗unchanged
How the plan measures it · 4 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 69 ↗.
All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.
Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends
Student mix
2024–25 · October enrollment count, 2,258 students
1Hispanic or Latino94%
2White3%
3Filipino<1%
4Black or African American<1%
5Two or more races<1%
6Asian<1%
7American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
8Pacific Islander0%
9Not reported0%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.
Free or reduced-price meals
91%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 2,044 of 2,253 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.
The district’s state records
Is the state giving the district extra help?
South Whittier Elementary isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 52% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (240 of 464 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.
Which public schools in the South Whittier Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Lake Marie Elementary, 61st percentile (Solid). Middle: Richard L. Graves Middle, 31st percentile (Developing). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.
Does living in the South Whittier Elementary district decide which school my child attends?
Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in the South Whittier Elementary district good?
South Whittier Elementary’s 5 public elementary schools run from the 22nd to the 61st percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Solid and 2 Needs Support. South Whittier Elementary has one public middle school we score, Richard L. Graves Middle, at the 31st percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Developing. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.
How does chronic absence in the South Whittier Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the South Whittier Elementary district had 16 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does the South Whittier Elementary district spend per student?
The South Whittier Elementary district spent $23,993 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 68 cents of every South Whittier Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.
What is in the South Whittier Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $32.9 million into 53 funded actions in 5 goals, 58% of its $57.1 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $27.5 million, 84% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.
Sources and methodology
This page lists the public schools governed and funded by the South Whittier Elementary district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26
Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.