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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 90604

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Schools

3,193

Students

Districts

Top rankedMeadow Green Elementary874^th of 5,857 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

La Colima Elementary up 763 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

La Colima Elementary 20.8 students per teacher

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Summary:

This analysis covers seven elementary schools in Whittier, California (zip code 90604), all serving grades K-5 or K-6, which vary significantly in performance despite being in the same geographic area.

Among these schools, Meadow Green Elementary stands out as the top performer, ranking in the 85th percentile statewide with strong test scores, particularly in English and Math, while Los Altos Elementary faces the greatest challenges, ranking in the 21st percentile. Ceres Elementary shows the most improvement in recent years. A clear pattern is that schools in the higher-ranked East Whittier City Elementary and Lowell Joint districts consistently outperform those in the South Whittier Elementary district.

Key factors differentiating these schools include chronic absenteeism, which is much lower at higher-performing schools like Ceres (7.8%) and Meadow Green (8.4%) compared to Los Altos (25.4%), and an interesting finding that higher per-student spending does not correlate with better results. For parents, this means that while all schools serve a community with economic needs, district affiliation and school-specific factors like attendance are strongly linked to academic outcomes.

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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)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ceres Elementary	Public	K-5	10601 South Ceres Ave.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 464-2200	492	22	22.3	67.1%	28 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	440 (89.4%)	11 (2.2%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	68.7	1654^th of 5857 public elementary schools	71.8%		68.2	1675^th of 5869 public elementary schools	71.5%	21	33.3	33.3	49.5	54.7	60.3		54.1	57.9	54.7	52.4		55.4						$2,760	$1,266	$1,494
La Colima Elementary	Public	K-5	11225 Miller Rd.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 789-7200	378	18	20.8	77.2%	18 (4.8%)	3 (0.8%)	334 (88.4%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.0%)	62.1	1955^th of 5857 public elementary schools	66.6%		47.3	2718^th of 5869 public elementary schools	53.7%	763	27.1	27.1	60.0	44.1	55.9		53.3	63.6	47.5	42.9		50.5	96.9		96.9	96.9	96.9	$3,329	$1,704	$1,625
Orchard Dale Elementary	Public	K-5	10625 South Cole Rd.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 789-7000	472	21	22.4	63.8%	21 (4.4%)	6 (1.3%)	421 (89.2%)	19 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	59.8	2079^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.5%		66.5	1752^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	70.1%	327	40.5	40.5	50.7	48.5	60.7		53.8	38.7	40.9	42.9		40.9						$2,810	$1,330	$1,480
Scott Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	11701 Scott Ave.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 907-6440	494	20	24.4	58.5%	74 (15.0%)	11 (2.2%)	370 (74.9%)	27 (5.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	55.1	2303^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	60.7%		65.7	1786^th of 5869 public elementary schools	69.6%	517	28.0	28.0	54.8	52.3	50.5		52.4	52.7	39.5	33.3		41.1	87.3	91.6	88.7	91.6	88.7	$2,656	$1,142	$1,514
Meadow Green Elementary	Public	K-6	12025 South Grovedale Dr.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	Lowell Joint	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 902-4241	470	19	24.7	58.3%	75 (16.0%)	11 (2.3%)	328 (69.8%)	43 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)	86.1	874^th of 5857 public elementary schools	85.1%		79.7	1166^th of 5869 public elementary schools	80.1%	292	53.0	53.0	80.6	68.4	69.7	66.7	71.6	77.6	51.7	57.6	54.1	60.7						$23,007	$22,516	$491
Howard J. McKibben Elementary	Public	K-6	10550 Mills Ave.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	South Whittier Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 944-9878	430	18	23.8	86.3%	15 (3.5%)	2 (0.5%)	401 (93.3%)	8 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	38.1	3337^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.0%		41.2	3116^th of 5869 public elementary schools	46.9%	221	26.7	26.7	31.7	38.8	44.4	31.3	36.1	48.3	46.9	26.7	14.3	35.0						$17,166	$16,156	$1,010
Los Altos Elementary	Public	K-6	12001 Bona Vista Ln.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	South Whittier Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 941-3711	457	21	21.7	91.0%	13 (2.8%)	3 (0.7%)	431 (94.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	22.4	4639^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.8%		23.8	4489^th of 5869 public elementary schools	23.5%	150	20.0	20.0	29.1	28.3	25.5	38.6	30.4	16.1	24.2	21.8	18.3	20.2						$18,890	$17,790	$1,100

Cities Near Zip Code 90604

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Whittier	0.33 mi	44	332^nd
La Mirada	1.65 mi	10	302^nd
Norwalk	2.56 mi	22	397^th
La Habra	2.97 mi	14	385^th
Santa Fe Springs	3.52 mi	5	229^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.