Enrollment
197
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARVEY SD 152·NCES 171845004658
Whittier Elementary School
71 E 152nd St, Harvey, IL 60426 · (708) 331-1130 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
157 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 56%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Whittier Elementary School→Brooks Middle School
Based on grade levels within Harvey SD 152. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
23.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.9pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.6% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 8.7% | 3.8% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 (17.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier Elementary School this school | 197 | 79.7% | 17.4% |
| Childs Elementary School Robbins | 149 | 75.2% | 47.9% |
| Kozminski Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 275 | 79.3% | 23.1% |
| Bryant Elementary School Harvey | 294 | 75.2% | 36.7% |
| Washington Elementary School Champaign | 265 | 75.8% | 13.9% |
| Blackhawk Primary Center Park Forest | 167 | 80.8% | 36.6% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #1,688 of 1,925 | #621 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,658 of 2,077 ▲ 270 | #563 of 829 ▲ 174 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #1,848 of 2,077 ▲ 119 | #719 of 829 ▲ 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #2,049 of 2,419 | #823 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #513 of 2,132 | #352 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #339 of 1,461 | #211 of 661 |
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
197
-33 (-14%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 550
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 | 197 | 13.5 | 14.6:1 | 80% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 212 | 14.5 | 14.6:1 | 80% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 12.7 | 18.4:1 | 80% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 14 | 18.4:1 | 99% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 229 | 16 | 14.3:1 | 99% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 259 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 92% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 21 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 550 | 29 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whittier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (257 to 197); teachers down 4% (14 to 13.5).
About Whittier Elementary School
Whittier Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in Harvey, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 197 students. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 48% below average.
Whittier Elementary School is part of a district of 5 schools: Harvey SD 152, with 1,487 students.
At Whittier Elementary School, 67% of students are Black. The school is also 24% Hispanic and 7% Asian. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. The diversity index for Whittier Elementary School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 14.6:1 is based on 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 80%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Whittier Elementary School's results are 8.0 points below predicted: 17.4% against 25.5%.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Whittier Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Thornton Township High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Whittier Elementary School is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Whittier Elementary School had a net loss of 33 students, or 14%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harvey SD 152
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Maya Angelou Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Riley Early Childhood CenterElementary
Other schools in Harvey
- Thornton Township High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Taft SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Maya Angelou Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other Whittier Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 17 states are named Whittier Elementary. Whittier Elementary School is the 33rd largest of the 35.
- Whittier Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 438 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolWheaton, IL · 433 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolOak Park, IL · 386 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolDowners Grove, IL · 307 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 221 students
Nearby schools
- Thornton Township High School0.4 mi · 1,697
- Bryant Elementary School0.6 mi · 294
- Maya Angelou Elementary School0.9 mi · 271
- Rosa L Parks Middle School1.0 mi · 320
- Martin L King Elementary School1.1 mi · 320
- Brooks Middle School1.2 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Whittier Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whittier Elementary School?
Whittier Elementary School enrolls approximately 197 students in grades PK-05.
Is Whittier Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whittier Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Whittier Elementary School have?
Whittier Elementary School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whittier Elementary School?
At Whittier Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 24% Hispanic, 67% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Whittier Elementary School in?
Whittier Elementary School is part of Harvey SD 152.
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