📍 2480 Downing Street, Denver, Denver County, 80205
Whittier ECE-8 School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Denver, Denver County. The school has 219 pupils enrolled. It is part of the School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
Whittier ECE-8 School enrolls 219 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Black or African American, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 7.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 111 | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 77 | 35% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 7.8% |
| White | 12 | 5.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
203 of the school's 219 students (93%) 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 ECE-8 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.
Whittier ECE-8 School is one of 203 schools in School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, based in DENVER, Colorado. The district serves 90,471 students district-wide and employs 5,947 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 219 students, Whittier ECE-8 School is smaller than the district average of about 446 students per school.
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