📍 8542 Cooper Rd, Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County, 53158
Whittier Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County. The school has 429 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kenosha School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whittier Elementary enrolls 429 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 8.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 254 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 96 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 38 | 8.9% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 8.2% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
161 of the school's 429 students (38%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 138 qualify for free lunch and 23 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 Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WI-10, state senate district 21, state house district 61.
Whittier Elementary is one of 43 schools in Kenosha School District, based in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The district serves 18,315 students district-wide and employs 1,327 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 429 students, Whittier Elementary is close to the district average of about 426 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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