📍 4700 Rutherford Dr, El Paso, El Paso County, 79924
Whitaker el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 331 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Pauletta Howard. It is part of the El Paso Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whitaker el enrolls 331 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Hispanic or Latino, 4.2% Black or African American and 3.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 293 | 89% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 3.6% |
| White | 6 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
292 of the school's 331 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 286 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Whitaker el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 29, state house district 77.
Whitaker el is one of 76 schools in EL PASO ISD, based in EL PASO, Texas. The district serves 48,118 students district-wide and employs 3,506 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 331 students, Whitaker el is smaller than the district average of about 633 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large