Whittier Elementary School

Located at 1212 10th St NE, in Massillon, Ohio, Whittier Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus that hosts 366 students (grades K through 3), operated by Massillon City.

Massillon City runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,077 students. Whittier Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Whittier Elementary School logs that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 16% multiracial, 11% Black, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Stark County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Whittier Elementary School records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Stark County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,934, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Stark County runs 101 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,798 students), of which Whittier Elementary School is one.

Massillon Preschool is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 379 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 81% to 64% over that span.

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