📍 1060 E Union St, Rockton, Winnebago County, 61072
Whitman Post Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rockton, Winnebago County. The school has 510 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Megan Forsythe. It is part of the Rockton SD 140 school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whitman Post Elem School enrolls 510 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 378 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 8.2% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 2.9% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
166 of the school's 510 students (33%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Whitman Post Elem School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 35, state house district 69.
Whitman Post Elem School is one of 3 schools in Rockton SD 140, based in Rockton, Illinois. The district serves 1,579 students district-wide and employs 99 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 510 students, Whitman Post Elem School is close to the district average of about 526 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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