State/Public Elementary Open

Whittier Primary School

๐Ÿ“ 338 Whitehall Ave, Northlake, Cook County, 60164

353
Pupils
11.0
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Whittier Primary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Northlake, Cook County. The school has 353 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tracy Bodenstab. It is part of the Berkeley SD 87 school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“2 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Tracy Bodenstab
School district
Berkeley SD 87

Enrollment & staffing

Whittier Primary School enrolls 353 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“2. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.

Male students
182 (52%)
Female students
171 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
32.2
Student-teacher ratio
11.0:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“2

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% Hispanic or Latino, 4.2% White and 1.1% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino33093%
White154.2%
Black or African American41.1%
Asian2<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

273 of the school's 353 students (77%) 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.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“2Title I

Whittier Primary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 IL-40, state senate district 39, state house district 77.

School district: Berkeley SD 87

Whittier Primary School is one of 6 schools in Berkeley SD 87, based in Berkeley, Illinois. The district serves 2,147 students district-wide and employs 186 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 353 students, Whittier Primary School is close to the district average of about 358 students per school.

2,147
District students
6
Schools
186
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

20%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Suburb - Large

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