📍 4200 S 54th St, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, 53220
Whitman Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. The school has 319 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Milwaukee School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whitman Elementary enrolls 319 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 27% White and 18% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 131 | 41% |
| White | 86 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 58 | 18% |
| Asian | 26 | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 5.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
235 of the school's 319 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 235 qualify for free lunch and 0 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, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 WI-40, state senate district 28, state house district 84.
Whitman Elementary is one of 156 schools in Milwaukee School District, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The district serves 65,599 students district-wide and employs 4,034 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 319 students, Whitman Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 421 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large