Whittier Elem School

Whittier Elem School is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in Oak Park, Illinois, run under Oak Park ESD 97, works with 386 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Oak Park ESD 97 runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,560 students. Whittier Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Whittier Elem School records that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Black, 15% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Whittier Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Whittier Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Whittier Elem School is one campus in the mix.

William Hatch Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whittier Elem School. On composite proficiency, Whittier Elem School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

Whittier Elem School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Whittier Elem School's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 386). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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