📍 1400 Mound, Winfield, Cowley County, 67156
Whittier Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Winfield, Cowley County. The school has 254 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Winfield school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whittier Elem enrolls 254 students across grades K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 6.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 198 | 78% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 6.3% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
130 of the school's 254 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 113 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. 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.
Whittier Elem is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 KS-40, state senate district 32, state house district 79.
Whittier Elem is one of 6 schools in Winfield, based in Winfield, Kansas. The district serves 2,050 students district-wide and employs 201 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 254 students, Whittier Elem is smaller than the district average of about 342 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant