📍 71 E 152nd St, Harvey, Cook County, 60426
Whittier Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Harvey, Cook County. The school has 234 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lisa Manuel. It is part of the Harvey SD 152 school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whittier Elem School enrolls 234 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Black or African American, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 166 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 21% |
| Asian | 11 | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 2.1% |
| White | 3 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
188 of the school's 234 students (80%) 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 Elem 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-20, state senate district 15, state house district 30.
Whittier Elem School is one of 6 schools in Harvey SD 152, based in Harvey, Illinois. The district serves 1,487 students district-wide and employs 91 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 234 students, Whittier Elem School is close to the district average of about 248 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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