📍 4050 Appleton St., San Diego, San Diego County, 92117
Whitman Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Diego, San Diego County. The school has 89 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amy Smith. It is part of the San Diego Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
Whitman Elementary enrolls 89 students across grades K–6. The student body is 52% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Hispanic or Latino, 11% White and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 60 | 68% |
| White | 10 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 11% |
| Asian | 8 | 9.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
66 of the school's 89 students (74%) 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 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.
Whitman Elementary is one of 175 schools in San Diego Unified, based in San Diego, California. The district serves 95,175 students district-wide and employs 4,290 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 89 students, Whitman Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 544 students per school.