📍 1600 S 300 e, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, 84115
Whittier School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. The school has 499 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Salt Lake District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1. 46% of students are proficient in reading. 41% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whittier School enrolls 499 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% White, 30% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 212 | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 149 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 56 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 7.6% |
| Asian | 31 | 6.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
284 of the school's 499 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 256 qualify for free lunch and 28 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 School 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 UT-20, state senate district 2, state house district 25.
Whittier School is one of 41 schools in Salt Lake District, based in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. The district serves 19,049 students district-wide and employs 1,087 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 499 students, Whittier School is close to the district average of about 465 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize