📍 790 Whittaker Parkway, Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, 29115
Whittaker Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Orangeburg, Orangeburg County. The school has 415 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orangeburg school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whittaker Elementary enrolls 415 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Black or African American, 4.6% Two or more races and 3.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 369 | 89% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 4.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 3.6% |
| White | 11 | 2.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
415 of the school's 415 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 415 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Whittaker Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 SC-60, state senate district 39, state house district 93.
Whittaker Elementary is one of 28 schools in Orangeburg, based in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The district serves 10,089 students district-wide and employs 739 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 415 students, Whittaker Elementary is larger than the district average of about 360 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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