Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000121
WHITTIER ELEMENTARY
1110 QUINCY ST SE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87108 · (505) 255-2008 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
302 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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 | 32 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55% · 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
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
19.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
7.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (17.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITTIER ELEMENTARY this school | 307 | 98.4% | 17.7% |
| LA MESA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 415 | 98.8% | 13.1% |
| LOWELL ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 226 | 100.0% | N/A |
| ARTS ACADEMY AT BELLA VISTA CLOVIS | 444 | 76.8% | 24.4% |
| HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY HOLLOMAN AFB | 517 | 100.0% | 61.4% |
| BARRY ELEMENTARY CLOVIS | 357 | 91.9% | 41.5% |
Matched among New Mexico 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 New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #323 of 329 | #89 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.5% | #343 of 354 | #90 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #352 of 366 | #95 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #223 of 490 | #57 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #44 of 318 | #21 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #70 of 334 | #29 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #293 of 393 | #92 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #249 of 287 | #82 of 88 |
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
307
+57 (+23%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 307 | 29.2 | 10.5:1 | 98% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 31.4 | 9.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 25.9 | 11.7:1 | 100% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 23 | 10.9:1 | 100% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 325 | 20 | 16.3:1 | 100% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 100% (373) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 99% (484) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 87% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 604 | 35 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WHITTIER ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (325 to 307); teachers up 46% (20 to 29.2).
About WHITTIER ELEMENTARY
WHITTIER ELEMENTARY sits in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, and is classified as an elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 307 students.
Besides WHITTIER ELEMENTARY, ALBUQUERQUE runs 171 other schools. The district enrolls 74,800 students.
About 61% of the student body at WHITTIER ELEMENTARY is Hispanic. The remaining students are 14% Black, 10% White, 9% Native American, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Bernalillo County, the Hispanic share is about 49%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
WHITTIER ELEMENTARY lists 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.5 students per teacher. The school's 10.5:1 compares with an average of 12.9:1 for elementary schools in New Mexico. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 98% of the student body.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, WHITTIER ELEMENTARY is in the bottom 10% of New Mexico schools: 17.7% actual against 33.8% predicted.
Census data for Bernalillo County show the median household earns about $69,473 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting WHITTIER ELEMENTARY, Bernalillo County has 211 public schools.
CESAR CHAVEZ COMMUNITY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to WHITTIER ELEMENTARY, about 0.4 miles away. WHITTIER ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 31.4%, higher than WHITTIER ELEMENTARY's 17.7%.
WHITTIER ELEMENTARY is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, WHITTIER ELEMENTARY had a net gain of 57 students, or 23%.
The discussion board for WHITTIER ELEMENTARY is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other Whittier Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 17 states are named Whittier Elementary. WHITTIER ELEMENTARY is the 26th 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
- CESAR CHAVEZ COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 181
- VOZ COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 134
- WILSON MIDDLE0.6 mi · 359
- HIGHLAND HIGH0.7 mi · 1,144
- HIGHLAND AUTISM CENTER0.8 mi · 15
- CORAL COMMUNITY CHARTER1.0 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About WHITTIER ELEMENTARYHow large is WHITTIER ELEMENTARY?
WHITTIER ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 307 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WHITTIER ELEMENTARY serve?
WHITTIER ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WHITTIER ELEMENTARY have?
WHITTIER ELEMENTARY employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at WHITTIER ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at WHITTIER ELEMENTARY are roughly 10% White, 61% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is WHITTIER ELEMENTARY public or private?
WHITTIER ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.