Whitman Elementary School

Whitman Elementary School, an average-sized K-5 school in MESA, Arizona, overseen by Mesa Unified District (4235), works with 569 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 451.

Mesa Unified District (4235) runs 81 schools in total, collectively educating 55,821 students. Whitman Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Whitman Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 15% Native American, 10% White, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Whitman Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Maricopa County shows median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Whitman Elementary School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Kerr Center for Agriscience is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whitman Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Whitman Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 662 (now 569).

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