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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272124002700
Whittier Elementary
315 WEST 26TH ST, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55404 · (612) 668-4170 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
419 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 48%
Community
4
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 60% · 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
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
14.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
9.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
11.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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
Whittier Elementary's state test result (11.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier Elementary this school | 491 | 85.3% | 11.0% |
| Ella Baker Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 512 | 82.6% | 11.0% |
| VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 487 | 83.4% | 11.8% |
| North Park School for Innovation FRIDLEY | 433 | 80.8% | 17.5% |
| Folwell Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 450 | 89.8% | 10.0% |
| Lyndale Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 466 | 79.2% | 27.9% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #817 of 844 | #153 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #821 of 844 | #159 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #814 of 844 | #152 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #312 of 1,130 | #74 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #125 of 769 | #31 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #150 of 796 | #56 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #64 of 942 | #28 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #278 of 499 | #52 of 99 |
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
491
+44 (+10%) vs 2020
+12% since 2000-01, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 491 | 43.2 | 11.4:1 | 85% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 35 | 11.5:1 | 88% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 28.5 | 12.7:1 | 88% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 35 | 12.8:1 | 72% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 43.3 | 12.9:1 | 76% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 46 | 13.7:1 | 71% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 63% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 36 | 12.2:1 | 91% (401) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whittier Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (559 to 491); teachers unchanged (43.3 to 43.2).
About Whittier Elementary
Whittier Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. Its enrollment is 491 students, spread over pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll around 344, and this school is 43% bigger than that mark.
Whittier Elementary sits within Minneapolis Public School District, which has 86 schools and 29,928 students.
No group is above 50% at Whittier Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 44%. The rest of enrollment is 30% Black, 12% White, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Hennepin County, the Hispanic share is about 8%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
The school's 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. Income data for the school show 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Hennepin County, the average is 43%.
Whittier Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Whittier Elementary is 8.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Hennepin County show that median household income comes to about $97,653, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Hennepin County counts 496 public schools with about 177,509 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, MERC, is the closest to Whittier Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Whittier Elementary is behind the 24.5% nearby average, ranking 4th of 5.
Whittier Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 491, from 447 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 11.4 students per teacher, compared with 12.8 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Whittier Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Minneapolis Public School District
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Other schools in MINNEAPOLIS
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Other Whittier Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 17 states are named Whittier Elementary. Whittier Elementary is the 6th largest of the 35.
- Whittier ElementaryHemet, CA · 816 students
- Whittier ElementaryFrederick, MD · 779 students
- WHITTIER ELEMENTARYKANSAS CITY, MO · 550 students
- Whittier ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 526 students
- Whittier ElemKansas City, KS · 502 students
Nearby schools
- MERC0.1 mi · 60
- MERC Extended0.1 mi · 7
- Ella Baker Elementary0.5 mi · 512
- Downtown Campus0.8 mi · 87
- Lyndale Elementary0.9 mi · 466
- Emerson Elementary0.9 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About Whittier ElementaryHow many students attend Whittier Elementary?
Whittier Elementary enrolls approximately 491 students in grades PK-05.
Is Whittier Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whittier Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Whittier Elementary?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Whittier Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whittier Elementary?
At Whittier Elementary, the student body is approximately 12% White, 44% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Whittier Elementary public or private?
Whittier Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Minneapolis Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.