Summary
Aeolian Elementary serves 283 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Whittier’s Los Nietos district. Its 2025–26 proficiency rates were 31% in English language arts (ELA), 27% in math and 21% in science. The most important finding for families comparing nearby schools is that Aeolian had the lowest all-grade results in all three subjects among the 10 nearby K–5 schools.
Math is Aeolian’s strongest subject relative to the comparison groups, but it still trails every nearby school: its 27% proficiency compares with a nearby-school average of 40%, and is 11 percentage points below the state and 9 below the district. ELA was 31%, versus nearby schools’ 46% average, the state’s 49% and the district’s 45%; science was 21%, compared with nearby schools’ 34% average, the state’s 36% and the district’s 37%. Science is the weakest subject relative to the district, with a 16-point gap. A grade-level bright spot is fourth-grade ELA, at 39%—above the district’s 36%, though below the state’s 46%.
Results have generally weakened since 2022–23, although math and science have fluctuated: ELA fell 10 percentage points to 31%, math fell 2 points to 27%, and science fell 1 point to 21%. Over the same period, chronic absenteeism improved, dropping 16 points, from 33% to 17%. SchoolDigger places Aeolian at the 26th percentile statewide with 1 star; nearby schools range from the 41st to 74th percentiles and have 2 to 4 stars. Aeolian’s 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 21.7, the third-lowest among nearby schools, while 91% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, the highest rate in the nearby group. SchoolDigger’s earlier statewide ranking for English Language Learner students was a notable strength: Aeolian ranked at the 93rd percentile in 2023–24, compared with the school’s overall 49th percentile that year. These subgroup rankings are historical, not current-year results.
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