📍 6201 5th St. NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20011
Whittier ES is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has 380 pupils enrolled. It is part of the District of Columbia Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whittier ES enrolls 380 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Black or African American, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 10% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 233 | 61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 92 | 24% |
| White | 38 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 8 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Whittier ES is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 4.
Whittier ES is one of 116 schools in District of Columbia Public Schools, based in Washington, District Of Columbia. The district serves 51,904 students district-wide and employs 4,389 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 380 students, Whittier ES is smaller than the district average of about 447 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large