📍 930 E 6th St, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, 57103
Whittier Middle School - 08 is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County. The school has 704 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Erika Paladino-hazlett. It is part of the Sioux Falls School District 49-5 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 62.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whittier Middle School - 08 enrolls 704 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 62.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 27% Black or African American, 26% White and 25% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 193 | 27% |
| White | 186 | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 175 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 54 | 7.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 49 | 7% |
| Asian | 45 | 6.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
490 of the school's 704 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 405 qualify for free lunch and 85 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 Middle School - 08 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 SD At-Large, state senate district 15, state house district 15.
Whittier Middle School - 08 is one of 43 schools in Sioux Falls School District 49-5, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The district serves 25,051 students district-wide and employs 1,683 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 704 students, Whittier Middle School - 08 is larger than the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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