📍 1829 N Grand, Mesa, Maricopa County, 85201
Whitman Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesa, Maricopa County. The school has 593 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mesa Unified District (4235) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
Whitman Elementary School enrolls 593 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 17% American Indian or Alaska Native and 11% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 369 | 62% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 100 | 17% |
| White | 67 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 37 | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 2.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
456 of the school's 593 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Whitman Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-40.
Whitman Elementary School is one of 78 schools in Mesa Unified District (4235), based in MESA, Arizona. The district serves 55,821 students district-wide and employs 3,554 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 593 students, Whitman Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 716 students per school.
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