📍 133 Wille Ave, Wheeling, Cook County, 60090
Walt Whitman Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wheeling, Cook County. The school has 401 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Samantha Roth. It is part of the Wheeling CCSD 21 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Walt Whitman Elem School enrolls 401 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and 5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 308 | 77% |
| White | 52 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 5% |
| Asian | 13 | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
268 of the school's 401 students (67%) 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.
Walt Whitman 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 30, state house district 59.
Walt Whitman Elem School is one of 13 schools in Wheeling CCSD 21, based in Wheeling, Illinois. The district serves 6,298 students district-wide and employs 467 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 401 students, Walt Whitman Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 484 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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