Whittier Elementary School

Whittier Elementary School is one of the modestly sized elementary schools in BOULDER, Colorado, part of Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, with 269 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Whittier Elementary School sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, which oversees 56 schools and 27,988 students, Whittier Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Whittier Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest reads as 34% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Boulder County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Whittier Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Boulder County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whittier Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.3%, the actual is 40.3%, a residual of -1.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Boulder County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $103,994 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Boulder County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students), of which Whittier Elementary School is one.

Casey Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whittier Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Whittier Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Whittier Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 381 (now 269). Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 34% across the same window.

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