Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249000139
Whittier Elementary School
2008 PINE STREET, BOULDER, CO 80302 · (720) 561-5431 · Boulder County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
113 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
43.1%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
32.6%
CO avg 36.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.1% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 37.0% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Whittier Elementary School
Whittier Elementary School's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier Elementary School this school | 269 | 42.0% | 40.3% |
| Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education LITTLETON | 334 | 44.6% | 33.0% |
| Adams Elementary School WESTMINSTER | 310 | 41.9% | 27.1% |
| Weber Elementary School ARVADA | 312 | 41.3% | 38.0% |
| Frontier Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 262 | 48.1% | 36.3% |
| Birch Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 299 | 37.5% | 53.7% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Whittier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #435 of 931 | #35 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #504 of 940 ▼ 74 | #40 of 48 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #465 of 946 ▼ 22 | #36 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #790 of 1,056 | #38 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #135 of 896 | #8 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #265 of 896 | #6 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.0% | #561 of 983 | #16 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #119 of 664 | #9 of 44 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
269
-61 (-18%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 269 | 20.4 | 13.2:1 | 42% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 21.1 | 13.9:1 | 46% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 24.3 | 13.5:1 | 39% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 36% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 28.2 | 13.5:1 | 30% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 42% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 35% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 231 | 15 | 15.4:1 | 40% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 331 | 16 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whittier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (381 to 269); teachers down 28% (28.2 to 20.4).
About Whittier Elementary School
Whittier Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in BOULDER, Colorado, (ZIP code 80302). Federal data show 269 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 has 56 schools; together they serve 27,988 students.
At Whittier Elementary School, 56% of students are White. Smaller groups are 34% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Boulder County is roughly 78% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Whittier Elementary School scores 57%.
Whittier Elementary School has 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.2:1. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 42%. On average, public schools in Boulder County report 33%.
Whittier Elementary School scores 40.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.3%.
In the surrounding county, Boulder County, median household income comes to about $103,994, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Boulder County has 86 public schools with about 42,200 students, including Whittier Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Casey Middle School, is about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.9%; Whittier Elementary School's is 40.3%, ranking 5th of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 269, down from 330 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 14.3 in 2020-21 to 13.2 in 2024-25.
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Boulder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
328,961
Census ACS
Median income
$103,994
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,200 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
- Boulder High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Broomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,693 students
- Centaurus High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Peak to Peak Charter SchoolCombined · 1,447 students
- Monarch High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
Other schools in BOULDER
- Boulder High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Williamsburg Academy of ColoradoHigh · 622 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Southern Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 502 students
- Nevin Platt Middle SchoolMiddle · 483 students
Other Whittier Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 17 states are named Whittier Elementary. Whittier Elementary School is the 29th largest of the 35.
- Whittier ElementaryHemet, CA · 816 students
- Whittier ElementaryFrederick, MD · 779 students
- WHITTIER ELEMENTARYKANSAS CITY, MO · 550 students
- Whittier ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 526 students
- Whittier ElemKansas City, KS · 502 students
Nearby schools
- Casey Middle School0.6 mi · 363
- Boulder High School0.6 mi · 1,939
- Williamsburg Academy of Colorado0.6 mi · 622
- Columbine Elementary School0.7 mi · 369
- Mapleton Early Childhood Center0.9 mi · 68
- University Hill Elementary School1.2 mi · 405
Frequently asked questions
About Whittier Elementary SchoolHow large is Whittier Elementary School?
Whittier Elementary School enrolls approximately 269 students in grades KG-05.
Is Whittier Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whittier Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Whittier Elementary School have?
Whittier Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whittier Elementary School?
At Whittier Elementary School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Whittier Elementary School?
Whittier Elementary School is overseen by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 in Boulder County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.