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James A. Whitaker Elementary
8401 Montana Street
Buena Park, CA 90621


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  • School Type: Elementary School
  • District: Buena Park Elementary
  • Ranking compared to similar schools: 5
  • Acheived API growth target: No
  • API Score to meet growth target: 757
  • School Schedule: Standard
  • Grades: K-6
Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 4%
  • English learners: 54%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 7%
  • Migrant education program participants: 0%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 86%
  • Special education within past two years: 12%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 2.18
(based on the 82% who responded)
Graduate School
 2%
College Graduate
 12%
Some College
 20%
High School
Graduate
 34%
Not a High School
Graduate
 32%

State Rank: 3 out of 101
API Score:
(2010) 		7522
Student Ethnicity:
Hispanic/Latino
 74%
White
 8%
African American
 7%
Asian
 5%
Filipino
 3%
American Indian
 1%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 90621:

Related Schools:
Arthur F. Corey Elementary rank: 8 in Buena Park
Buena Park Junior High rank: 7 in Buena Park
Carl E. Gilbert Elementary rank: 5 in Buena Park
Charles G. Emery Elementary rank: 9 in Buena Park
Gordon H. Beatty Elementary rank: 7 in Buena Park
James A. Whitaker Elementary rank: 3 in Buena Park
Mabel L. Pendleton Elementary rank: 4 in Buena Park

Notes:
  1. The State Rank is determined by a school's API Score in comparison to all other schools in California. (1 is the worst, 10 is the best). An equal number of schools occupy each rank. * This rank comes from the 2010 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
  2. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school's performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2010.
  3. Alternative Schools receive APIs but do not receive ranks
  4. Parent Education is the average of all responses where "1" represents "Not a high school graduate" and "5" represents "Graduate school."
  5. More information: 2010 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 466KB; 73pp.)



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