KENDALL-WHITTIER ES

Located at 2601 East 5th Place, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, KENDALL-WHITTIER ES is a sizable primary school that enrolls 825 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of TULSA. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so KENDALL-WHITTIER ES sits 125% bigger than that benchmark.

TULSA comprises 69 schools with combined enrollment of 33,617 students; KENDALL-WHITTIER ES is among them.

On the student-mix side, KENDALL-WHITTIER ES logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school lists 16% White, 12% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tulsa County (around 62%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Tulsa County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,009 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. KENDALL-WHITTIER ES is one of 180 public schools in Tulsa County (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students).

The closest other public school is MAYO DEMONSTRATION ES, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KENDALL-WHITTIER ES has shrank 10%, going from 916 students in 2018 to 825 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 66% to 59%.

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