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Whittier Primary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Peoria, Peoria County. The school has 321 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sarah Polnitz. It is part of the Peoria SD 150 school district. It serves grades K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whittier Primary School enrolls 321 students across grades K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Black or African American, 24% White and 19% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 137 | 43% |
| White | 78 | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 60 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 41 | 13% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
258 of the school's 321 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 Primary 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 IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 46, state house district 92.
Whittier Primary School is one of 32 schools in Peoria SD 150, based in Peoria, Illinois. The district serves 12,913 students district-wide and employs 829 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 321 students, Whittier Primary School is smaller than the district average of about 404 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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