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Whittier Elementary

Public Grades K-5

5321^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 9% of California elementary schools

Summary

Whittier Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 816 students in the Hemet Unified district, consistently ranking in the bottom 10% of California elementary schools.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with student proficiency in English, math, and science well below both district and state averages. A major concern is chronic absenteeism, with over 37% of students missing too much school, a rate higher than the district average and much higher than the state. While the school serves a population with high economic need, it spends more per student than some nearby schools like Harmony Elementary and McSweeny Elementary, which achieve better academic results, suggesting factors beyond funding are at play.

Comparisons with other local schools reveal important insights. For instance, Hemet Dual Language Academy serves a similar student population but has dramatically lower absenteeism and much higher test scores, showing improved outcomes are possible within the same district. Performance also varies widely by grade level at Whittier, with math scores dropping sharply in upper grades. The data shows a strong link between high absenteeism and low academic performance across the area, highlighting a key area for potential improvement.

816

Students ?

24.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,973

Per pupil spending ?

92.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

400 West Whittier Ave.
Hemet, CA 92543-5940

(951) 765-1650

District: Hemet Unified

Students who attend Whittier Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Diamond Valley Middle
High:	West Valley High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

71.1%

African American:

12.0%

White:

9.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 5th percentile in 2013 → 9th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (19% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (37% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school19%

District avg24%

California avg41%

5,321^st of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 9%▼ down 3 pts since 2015

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SchoolDigger rating ?

15^th of 16Elementary Schools in the Hemet Unified

1170^th of 1,543Hemet Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	5321 of 5857	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.6	5511 of 5869	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.9	5570 of 5859	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.6	5688 of 5883	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.4	5544 of 5789	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.9	5325 of 5662	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	18.1	4854 of 5692	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.9	4807 of 5614	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	16.4	4956 of 5611	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	11.0	5248 of 5530	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	17.1	4838 of 5390	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	17.8	4811 of 5377	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	30.2	3835 of 5314	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	19.7	4450 of 5193	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	31.1	3509 of 5113	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2007	28.2	3696 of 5113	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	32.4	3151 of 4818	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2005	23.8	3711 of 4822	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	32.9	3073 of 4809	36.1%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.6	445 of 569	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.7	331 of 593	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	19.5	594 of 661	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.7	580 of 663	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.4	604 of 747	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.5	432 of 700	38.3%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	17.7	2174 of 2227	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	29.2	1848 of 2585	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.8	1400 of 2128	34.2%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	18.2	3127 of 3162	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.2	3171 of 3245	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.8	3305 of 3311	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	30.8	2424 of 3275	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.5	2686 of 3246	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.8	4959 of 5597	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.8	4979 of 5612	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.5	5186 of 5609	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	5310 of 5635	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.3	5183 of 5492	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.6	5019 of 5413	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.9	4243 of 5107	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.8	4671 of 5107	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	4649 of 5087	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.5	4881 of 5084	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.3	4694 of 4963	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.9	4563 of 4830	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.3	4776 of 5460	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	5050 of 5517	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.7	4983 of 5363	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	5029 of 5264	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.6	4906 of 5173	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.9	4751 of 5084	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.0	5196 of 5628	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.8	5442 of 5643	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.6	5483 of 5638	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.2	5579 of 5663	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.3	5338 of 5510	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.4	5196 of 5431	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	11.8	112 of 118	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	126 of 140	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.6	119 of 130	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.3	2235 of 2847	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.5	2416 of 2635	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.5	2344 of 2420	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	3.5	2547 of 2598	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.7	2562 of 2651	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.5	2621 of 2661	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.8	2677 of 2726	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.9	2794 of 2834	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.8	2625 of 2737	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2025)22nd percentile+13 vs school

Special Education (2025)21st percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)17th percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)13th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)11th percentile~ school

Male (2025)8th percentile~ school

Military Connected (2024)5th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)2nd percentile~ school

White (2025)2nd percentile-7 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)1st percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy27%-22 vs state

Mathematics14%-23 vs state

Science9%-24 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)						% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Whittier Elementary	Public	K-5	400 West Whittier Ave.	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1650	816	33	24.7	92.5%	79 (9.7%)	98 (12.0%)	580 (71.1%)	10 (1.2%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	43 (5.3%)	14.4	5321^st of 5857 public elementary schools	9.2%		12.6	5511^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.1%	190	8.8	8.8	24.8	23.1	31.4			26.5	22.5	7.8	11.7			13.9	89.0	91.5	95.1	92.1	90.2	93.3	$19,973	$2,654	$17,319
Hemet Elementary	Public	K-5	633 East Kimball Ave.	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1630	783	34	22.8	93.5%	83 (10.6%)	61 (7.8%)	607 (77.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.6%)	13.5	5382^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	8.1%		13.2	5462^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	6.9%	80	10.4	10.4	17.6	26.6	29.8			25.4	16.5	13.2	9.6			12.8	92.7	96.4		93.3	95.8	96.4	$20,249	$2,534	$17,715
McSweeny Elementary	Public	K-5	451 West Chambers St.	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 925-4366	781	32	24.4	87.7%	100 (12.8%)	65 (8.3%)	554 (70.9%)	13 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.8%)	42 (5.4%)	23.4	4551^st of 5857 public elementary schools	22.3%		25.6	4314^th of 5869 public elementary schools	26.5%	237	10.1	10.1	34.3	32.2	38.9			35.1	31.5	21.7	10.1			21.3	87.6	94.2	95.9	90.9	93.4	92.6	$18,794	$2,399	$16,395
Jacob Wiens Elementary	Public	K-5	935 East Campus Way	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 929-3734	580	26	22.3	96.4%	47 (8.1%)	80 (13.8%)	420 (72.4%)	6 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.3%)	14.5	5308^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.4%		10.8	5643^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	3.9%	335	14.1	14.1	22.7	28.3	24.7			25.5	15.6	18.4	7.1			14.1	93.0	97.0	96.0	97.0	96.0		$20,867	$2,495	$18,372
Ramona Elementary	Public	K-5	41051 Whittier Ave.	Hemet	92544	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1670	702	31	22.4	92.7%	86 (12.3%)	61 (8.7%)	497 (70.8%)	10 (1.4%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (6.1%)	19	4920^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.0%		14.5	5354^th of 5869 public elementary schools	8.8%	434	14.2	14.2	34.0	18.7	34.0			28.8	29.3	15.0	11.3			18.5	93.5	95.4	97.2	97.2	94.4	96.3	$22,607	$3,001	$19,606
Hemet Dual Language Academy	Public	K-8	26400 Dartmouth St.	Hemet	92544	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 927-8676	476	24	20.1	81.7%	18 (3.8%)	4 (0.8%)	447 (93.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	35	3582^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	38.8%		38.4	3281^st of 5869 public elementary schools	44.1%	301	14.6	14.6	43.8	30.7	43.8	37.8	69.4	44.6	45.3	27.4	20.8	27.0	14.3	28.1							$21,722	$2,387	$19,335
Fruitvale Elementary	Public	K-5	2800 West Fruitvale Ave.	Hemet	92545	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1680	778	33	23.5	91.3%	71 (9.1%)	103 (13.2%)	562 (72.2%)	17 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (2.7%)	20.1	4819^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.7%		22.8	4602^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	21.6%	217	21.6	21.6	24.4	25.3	37.8			29.4	20.0	13.0	18.2			17.0	92.2	96.9		96.1	93.0	95.3	$19,688	$2,595	$17,093
Harmony Elementary	Public	K-5	1500 South Cawston Ave.	Hemet	92545	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 791-1830	826	34	24.2	83.7%	99 (12.0%)	87 (10.5%)	565 (68.4%)	28 (3.4%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.6%)	39 (4.7%)	28.2	4120^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.7%		27.7	4142^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	29.4%	22	16.7	16.7	39.8	35.3	40.6			38.5	33.5	15.0	18.1			22.6	88.5	91.5	96.2	92.3	88.5	92.3	$19,303	$2,240	$17,063
Little Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	26091 Meridian St.	Hemet	92544	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1660	734	33	22.5	87.6%	122 (16.6%)	45 (6.1%)	535 (72.9%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (2.9%)	15.5	5229^th of 5857 public elementary schools	10.7%		18.7	4963^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	15.4%	266	10.5	10.5	23.2	22.9	35.3			27.4	15.8	10.3	16.1			14.1	98.0						$22,023	$3,537	$18,486
Cawston Elementary	Public	K-5	4000 West Menlo Ave.	Hemet	92545	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-0277	796	34	23.6	79.5%	128 (16.1%)	77 (9.7%)	525 (66.0%)	19 (2.4%)	5 (0.6%)	5 (0.6%)	37 (4.6%)	31.7	3818^th of 5857 public elementary schools	34.8%		30.2	3913^th of 5869 public elementary schools	33.3%	95	16.1	16.1	39.1	39.0	33.9			37.3	44.7	22.8	22.6			29.6	94.4	95.1		95.8	95.1	97.9	$21,336	$2,293	$19,043

Frequently Asked Questions about Whittier Elementary

What schools do graduates of Whittier Elementary attend?

Students who attend Whittier Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Diamond Valley Middle
High : West Valley High

Is Whittier Elementary a good school?

Whittier Elementary ranks in the bottom 9.2% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Whittier Elementary?

Students at Whittier Elementary are 71% Hispanic, 12% African American, 10% White, 5% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What district is Whittier Elementary in?

Hemet Unified

How many students attend Whittier Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 816 students attended Whittier Elementary.

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