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Whittier Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Boise, Ada County. The school has 572 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Boise Independent District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 33.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Whittier Elementary School enrolls 572 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 33.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% White, 36% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 258 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 207 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 68 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 3% |
| Asian | 16 | 2.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
565 of the school's 572 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 23 qualify for free lunch and 542 for a reduced price. 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, Midsize). 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 ID-20, state senate district 19, state house district 19.
Whittier Elementary School is one of 51 schools in BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, based in BOISE, Idaho. The district serves 22,134 students district-wide and employs 1,455 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 572 students, Whittier Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 434 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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