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James A. Whitaker Elementary

(714) 521-9770

Physical Address:
8401 Montana Ave
Buena Park, CA  90621
Mailing Address:
8401 Montana Ave.
Buena Park, CA  90621

School Information

District:
Buena Park Elementary
Type:
Public (Regular school)
Status:
Operational
County:
Orange County
Level:
Primary
Grade Span:
KG - 6
Number of Students:
668

Student Enrollment Information in 2009-10

Ethnicity in James A. Whitaker Elementary

This School County Average State Average
Hispanic 72.16% 47.49% 48.34%
Asian/Pacific 8.53% 16.16% 10.31%
White 8.38% 31.86% 31.61%
Black 7.19% 1.77% 8.03%
Others 2.99% 3.99% 5.47%
American Indian 0.75% 0.64% 2.10%

Genders in James A. Whitaker Elementary

This School County Average State Average
Male 52.69% 51.63% 53.03%
Female 47.31% 48.37% 46.97%

Student Enrollment Information

Enrollment by Ethnicity for James A. Whitaker Elementary

Year 2007 2008 2009
Hispanic 526 510 482
Asian/Pacific 77 58 57
White 67 63 56
Black 47 44 48
Others 0 52 20
American Indian 2 4 5
Total 719 731 668

Enrollment by Gender for James A. Whitaker Elementary

Year 2007 2008 2009
Male 397 386 352
Female 322 345 316
Total 719 731 668

Students eligible for free or reduced lunch

Students eligible for free or reduced lunch for James A. Whitaker Elementary

Year 2007 2008 2009
Total students 719 731 668
# Eligible for free lunch 439 (61%) 452 (62%) 491 (74%)
# Eligible for reduced lunch 121 (17%) 111 (15%) 86 (13%)
# Eligible for both free and reduced lunch 560 (78%) 563 (77%) 577 (86%)

Student/Teacher Ratios

Student/Teacher Ratios for James A. Whitaker Elementary

Year 2007 2008 2009
Total students 719 731 668
Fulltime teachers 37.0 34.0 26.0
Student/Teacher Ratio 19.40 19.80 25.69
County Average(Student/Teacher Ratio) 19.33 20.57 23.83