Whittier Elementary

As a high-enrollment primary school in Frederick, Maryland, Whittier Elementary instructs 779 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Frederick County Public Schools. That puts it 62% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Across the 67 schools in Frederick County Public Schools (48,054 students total), Whittier Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Whittier Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 26% Black, 21% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Whittier Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 52.0%, a residual of +2.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Frederick County shows the typical household earns roughly $122,002 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Whittier Elementary is one of 69 public schools in Frederick County (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students).

Nearest neighbor: Yellow Springs Elementary, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Whittier Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Whittier Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 764 (now 779). White enrollment moved from 43% to 34% across the same window.

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