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Whitney Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Yakima, Yakima County. The school has 432 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Yakima School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whitney Elementary enrolls 432 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Hispanic or Latino, 23% White and 3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 302 | 70% |
| White | 101 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 3% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
302 of the school's 432 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 265 qualify for free lunch and 37 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Whitney Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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-40, state senate district 14, state house district 14.
Whitney Elementary is one of 29 schools in Yakima School District, based in YAKIMA, Washington. The district serves 15,488 students district-wide and employs 920 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 432 students, Whitney Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 534 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small