WHITMAN ES

As a low-enrollment elementary school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, WHITMAN ES instructs 259 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of TULSA. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 29% below typical.

WHITMAN ES is one of 69 schools operated by TULSA, a district that hosts 33,617 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WHITMAN ES lists that the largest single group is Black, at 63% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 18% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Tulsa County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tulsa County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WHITMAN ES sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 23.7%; actual is 0.0%, a gap of -23.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Tulsa County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,009, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. WHITMAN ES is one of 180 public schools in Tulsa County (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students).

Nearest neighbor: HAWTHORNE ES, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WHITMAN ES.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. WHITMAN ES's enrollment has declined 30% since 2018, when it stood at 372 (now 259). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 4% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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