page_title: Whittier, California
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Whittier, California / Education
caption_attribution_description: Frieze at Front Entrance to Lou Henry Hoover School
context_page_description: Whittier is a city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, part of the Gateway Cities. The 14.7-square-mile city had 85,331 residents as of the 2010 United States Census, up 1,631 in ten years. Whittier was incorporated in February 1898 and became a charter city in 1955. The city is named for the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier and is home to Whittier College.
context_section_description: The city of Whittier is served by the Whittier Union High School District, East Whittier City School District, Whittier City School District, Lowell Joint School District and the Fullerton Joint Union High School District.
  Five high schools, California High School, La Serna High School, Pioneer High School, Santa Fe High School, and Whittier High School comprise the Whittier Union High School District. There is one alternative continuation high school Frontier High School and a homeschooling hq, Sierra Vista High School. Although they still have Whittier postal addresses, both California High School and Pioneer High School lie outside the city limits in unincorporated Los Angeles County. Santa Fe High School is located within the City of Santa Fe Springs. Adults may attend the Whittier Adult School, which belongs to the Whittier Union High School District.
  The city also has three private Catholic elementary schools, K-8
  St. Bruno's Parish School
  St Gregory The Great Parish School
  St. Mary of the Assumption School
  The schools are operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles with one (St. Mary of the Assumption School) being one of the largest Catholic elementary schools in Los Angeles County. St Gregory The Great School has been Number One in their deanery for the Academic Decathlon two years in a row.
  Whittier Friends School  is a member of the Friends Council on Education  and associated with First Friends Church of Whittier, the founding Quaker meeting of Whittier. Whittier Friends School includes a licensed preschool and an elementary school (TK-6th grade).
  Trinity Lutheran School, a ministry of Trinity Lutheran Church, serves kindergarten through eighth grade.
  Whittier Christian School, a ministry of Calvary Baptist Church, Association of Christian Schools International serves the Whittier community. They  have an Elementary campus, two Preschool campuses, one Junior High, and one High School.
  Plymouth Christian School, a ministry of Plymouth Church, serves preschool through sixth grade.
  Higher education institutions in the area include Rio Hondo College, which lies just outside the city, Southern California University of Health Sciences, and historic Whittier College.
caption: Frieze at Hoover School, designed by Bartholomew Mako
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