📍 10511 Lacrosse St, Houston, Harris County, 77029
Whittier el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 355 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Yamel Melchor. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Whittier el enrolls 355 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 4.2% Black or African American and 1.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 333 | 94% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 4.2% |
| White | 5 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
336 of the school's 355 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 331 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Whittier el 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 15, state house district 143.
Whittier el is one of 274 schools in HOUSTON ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 176,727 students district-wide and employs 10,993 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 355 students, Whittier el is smaller than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large