📍 5400 N Helena St, Spokane, Spokane County, 99207
Whitman Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Spokane, Spokane County. The school has 401 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Spokane School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Whitman Elementary enrolls 401 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 15% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 225 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 63 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 61 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 4.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 17 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 12 | 3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
342 of the school's 401 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 304 qualify for free lunch and 38 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Whitman Elementary 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 WA-50, state senate district 3, state house district 3.
Whitman Elementary is one of 68 schools in Spokane School District, based in SPOKANE, Washington. The district serves 28,853 students district-wide and employs 2,066 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 401 students, Whitman Elementary is close to the district average of about 424 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize