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Whittier Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. The school has 143 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Milwaukee School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whittier Elementary enrolls 143 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 10 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% White, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 50 | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 9.1% |
| Asian | 6 | 4.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
85 of the school's 143 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 85 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.
Whittier Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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 7, state house district 20.
Whittier 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 143 students, Whittier 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
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