Whitman Elementary

As a minimally staffed elementary campus in San Diego, California, Whitman Elementary works with 102 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within San Diego Unified. That puts it 78% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 174 schools in San Diego Unified (94,828 students total), Whitman Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Whitman Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school shows 17% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Whitman Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Whitman Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.3%, the actual is 39.4%, a residual of +3.1 points.

Across the wider county, San Diego County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Whitman Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Field Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Whitman Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.5%.

Whitman Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Whitman Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 47% since 2018, when it stood at 193 (now 102). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 25.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Whitman Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.