Whittier Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary school in Indianola, Iowa, Whittier Elementary School teaches 369 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Indianola Comm School District.

Within Indianola Comm School District, which oversees 6 schools and 3,599 students, Whittier Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Whittier Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Whittier Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Whittier Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.4%, the actual is 70.4%, a residual of -5.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Warren County indicate median household earnings sit near $94,588, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Warren County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,473 students), of which Whittier Elementary School is one.

Irving Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Whittier Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Whittier Elementary School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 77.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Whittier Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 439 (now 369). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 94% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.