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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUKEGAN CUSD 60·NCES 174125005947
Whittier Elementary School
901 N Lewis Ave, Waukegan, IL 60085 · (224) 303-1900 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
303 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
30.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.7pp since 2023
Math
21.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 8.3% | 6.5% |
% 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
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 (21.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier Elementary School this school | 438 | 69.2% | 21.6% |
| Clearview Elementary School Waukegan | 404 | 69.1% | 10.5% |
| Edna Rollins Elementary School Aurora | 508 | 69.5% | 14.8% |
| CICS - Irving Park Campus Chicago | 453 | 68.0% | 38.9% |
| Talcott Elementary School Chicago | 487 | 71.3% | 25.9% |
| Erie Elementary Charter School Chicago | 405 | 73.1% | 13.7% |
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 Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #1,558 of 1,925 | #53 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,543 of 2,077 ▲ 245 | #83 of 102 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,669 of 2,077 ▲ 310 | #81 of 102 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #804 of 2,419 | #54 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #498 of 2,035 | #38 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.4% | #1,491 of 2,042 | #108 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.2% | #756 of 2,132 | #27 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #274 of 1,461 | #14 of 71 |
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
438
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 619
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 | 438 | 37 | 11.8:1 | 69% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 77% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 35.3 | 12.1:1 | 72% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 76% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 58% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 30 | 20.6:1 | 72% (443) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whittier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (586 to 438); teachers down 7% (40 to 37).
About Whittier Elementary School
Whittier Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Waukegan, Illinois, (ZIP code 60085). The school's 438 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Waukegan CUSD 60 includes 22 schools. Together they enroll 13,640 students.
Federal enrollment data show Whittier Elementary School is 86% Hispanic. Other groups include 9% Black and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 25% Hispanic. Whittier Elementary School's diversity index is 25%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 37 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 11.8:1 here. Around 69% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Lake County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
On BeatsExpectations, Whittier Elementary School is 10.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
Whittier Elementary School is located in Lake County, where the median household income is $110,416, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides Whittier Elementary School, Lake County has 213 other public schools.
Edith M Smith Middle School is located about 0.2 miles from Whittier Elementary School. The five-mile area around Whittier Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 21.6% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
Whittier Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 18 fewer students in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waukegan CUSD 60
- Waukegan High SchoolHigh · 4,186 students
- John R Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Miguel Juarez Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Robert E Abbott Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- Carman-Buckner Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
Other schools in Waukegan
- Waukegan High SchoolHigh · 4,186 students
- John R Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Miguel Juarez Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Robert E Abbott Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- LEARN John Kathy Schreiber ChrtrElementary · 519 students
Other Whittier Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 17 states are named Whittier Elementary. Whittier Elementary School is the 15th largest of the 35.
- 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
- Whittier Elementary SchoolHarvey, IL · 197 students
Nearby schools
- Edith M Smith Middle School0.2 mi · 493
- Hyde Park Elementary School0.5 mi · 295
- Glenwood Elementary School0.5 mi · 577
- LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr0.6 mi · 519
- Glen Flora Elementary School0.7 mi · 476
- Miguel Juarez Middle School0.8 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Whittier Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whittier Elementary School?
Whittier Elementary School enrolls approximately 438 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Whittier Elementary School serve?
Whittier Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Whittier Elementary School have?
Whittier Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Whittier Elementary School?
Student demographics at Whittier Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 86% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Whittier Elementary School?
Whittier Elementary School is overseen by Waukegan CUSD 60 in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.