Whittier Elem

Whittier Elem, a modestly sized primary school in Winfield, Kansas, overseen by Winfield, instructs 259 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Winfield comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,915 students; Whittier Elem is among them.

Demographically, Whittier Elem shows that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cowley County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Whittier Elem records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Whittier Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cowley County) logs that median household earnings sit near $57,878, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Cowley County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,714 students), Whittier Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Irving Elem, roughly 0.9 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Whittier Elem at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Whittier Elem's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 270 (now 259). Class-load math has fell: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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