📍 733 N Longmore, Mesa, Maricopa County, 85201
Whittier Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesa, Maricopa County. The school has 486 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 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
Whittier Elementary School enrolls 486 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 21% White and 13% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 255 | 52% |
| White | 104 | 21% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 61 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 7.4% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 3.1% |
| Asian | 14 | 2.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
330 of the school's 486 students (68%) 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.
Whittier 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.
Whittier 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 486 students, Whittier Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 716 students per school.
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