Christian Sorensen Elementary School is an elementary school in Whittier, California. West Whittier Elementary School is located in the southwest unincorporated area of Whittier at 11493 E. Rosehedge Avenue and is one of ten elementary schools in the Whittier City School District.
The school has an enrollment of 515 students and conducts grades K-5. The school was built in 1947 on land donated by Christian Sorensen, a longtime resident in the Whittier.
Christian Sorensen Elementary School is located adjacent to Sorensen Park at 11419 Rosehedge Drive and Sorensen Library at 11405 E. Rose Hedge Drive.
An experimental study in curriculum development was conducted here in the 1960s.
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