Whittier Elem School

Whittier Elem School is an elementary school of intimate scale in Downers Grove, Illinois, one of the schools within Downers Grove GSD 58, works with 307 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Within Downers Grove GSD 58, which oversees 13 schools and 4,811 students, Whittier Elem School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Whittier Elem School shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Whittier Elem School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for DuPage County put the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Whittier Elem School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).

Lester Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 303 students in 2018 compared to 307 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 7% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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