Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK PARK ESD 97·NCES 172925003067
Whittier Elementary School
715 N Harvey Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302 · (708) 524-3115 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
80 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
74.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.5pp since 2023
Math
68.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 48.6% |
% 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
65.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 (65.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier Elementary School this school | 386 | 20.7% | 65.9% |
| William Hatch Elementary School Oak Park | 358 | 18.2% | 63.5% |
| William Beye Elementary School Oak Park | 397 | 17.6% | 67.0% |
| Wingate Elementary School Shiloh | 424 | 16.5% | 67.0% |
| Willard Elementary School Evanston | 355 | 22.5% | 60.1% |
| Wolf Branch Elementary School Swansea | 482 | 21.8% | 71.5% |
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 | 65.9% | #190 of 1,925 | #67 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #248 of 2,077 ▲ 87 | #89 of 829 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #244 of 2,077 ▲ 217 | #94 of 829 ▲ 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #1,073 of 2,419 | #452 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #168 of 2,035 | #102 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #365 of 2,042 | #147 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #1,949 of 2,132 | #744 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #950 of 1,461 | #474 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
386
0 (0%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 430
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 | 386 | 37.5 | 10.3:1 | 21% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 36.1 | 10.3:1 | 17% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 41.7 | 9.5:1 | 19% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 36.2 | 11.8:1 | 20% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 23% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 36 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 33 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whittier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (426 to 386); teachers up 3% (36.2 to 37.5).
About Whittier Elementary School
Whittier Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Oak Park, Illinois. School enrollment was 386 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Oak Park ESD 97 has 10 schools and 5,560 students, and Whittier Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Whittier Elementary School, White students make up 53% of the student body. The remaining shares are 18% Black, 15% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school's share is higher. Whittier Elementary School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 37.5 full-time equivalents, or about 10.3 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 10.3:1 here. About 21% of students, or 80, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Whittier Elementary School would score about 59.5%. It scores 65.9%, 6.3 points above that figure.
Across Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
William Hatch Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Whittier Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Whittier Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 65.9% against a local average of 50.3%.
Whittier Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Whittier Elementary School had 386 students in 2020-21 and 386 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Community posts for Whittier Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Oak Park ESD 97
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 947 students
- Percy Julian Middle SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
Other schools in Oak Park
- Oak Park & River Forest High SchoolHigh · 3,307 students
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 947 students
- Percy Julian Middle SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Other Whittier Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 17 states are named Whittier Elementary. Whittier Elementary School is the 18th largest of the 35.
- Whittier Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 438 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolWheaton, IL · 433 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolDowners Grove, IL · 307 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 221 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolHarvey, IL · 197 students
Nearby schools
- William Hatch Elementary School0.5 mi · 358
- William Beye Elementary School0.5 mi · 397
- Oak Park & River Forest High School0.7 mi · 3,307
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary School0.8 mi · 513
- Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elementary School0.8 mi · 452
- Horace Mann Elementary School0.9 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About Whittier Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Whittier Elementary School?
Whittier Elementary School enrolls approximately 386 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 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
How diverse is Whittier Elementary School?
Whittier Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 11% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Whittier Elementary School public or private?
Whittier Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oak Park ESD 97.
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