Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830006403
Whitaker Elementary School
4700 RUTHERFORD DR, EL PASO, TX 79924 · (915) 236-6275 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
321 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
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 | 63 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 34.0% | 23.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 20.0% | 30.0% | 44.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 47.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 22.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
41.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Whitaker Elementary School
Whitaker Elementary School's state test result (41.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitaker Elementary School this school | 386 | 83.2% | 41.9% |
| Park Elementary School EL PASO | 368 | 81.8% | 35.5% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School HOUSTON | 385 | 83.1% | 46.8% |
| Kenedy Elementary School KENEDY | 384 | 85.7% | 35.8% |
| Perez Elementary School KINGSVILLE | 364 | 86.0% | 29.4% |
| Meadow Village Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 367 | 81.2% | 33.1% |
Matched among Texas 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 Whitaker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #2,344 of 4,401 | #77 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,157 of 4,466 ▼ 1,708 | #131 of 133 ▼ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,868 of 4,466 ▼ 630 | #108 of 133 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -23.5pp | #42 of 3,998 | #1 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #3,596 of 4,938 | #105 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #935 of 4,622 | #33 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #3,663 of 4,628 | #32 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.2% | #1,715 of 4,789 | #63 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #1,774 of 2,838 | #70 of 93 |
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
386
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 386 | 29.3 | 13.2:1 | 83% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 27.8 | 14.2:1 | 83% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 26.8 | 12.3:1 | 88% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 32 | 11.9:1 | 87% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 29.7 | 14.9:1 | 86% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 89% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 79% (535) |
| 2000-01 | 610 | 42 | 14.5:1 | 70% (424) |
| 1990-91 | 678 | 36 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitaker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (443 to 386); teachers down 2% (29.7 to 29.3).
About Whitaker Elementary School
Whitaker Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in EL PASO, Texas. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 386 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 26% below that mark.
Whitaker Elementary School is one of 76 schools in EL PASO ISD, which enrolls 48,118 students in total.
The share of students at Whitaker Elementary School who are Hispanic is 88%. Other groups include 4% White, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at Whitaker Elementary School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.2 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 1.9 students per teacher. Roughly 83% of students at Whitaker Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in El Paso County is 9 points.
Whitaker Elementary School is 3.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (41.9% versus 38.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
El Paso County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. There are 273 public schools in the county, enrolling about 165,404, Whitaker Elementary School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Transmountain Early College High School, is about 0.7 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Whitaker Elementary School is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Whitaker Elementary School had 380 students in 2020-21 and 386 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.9:1 to 13.2:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Whitaker Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL PASO ISD
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Chapin High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- El Paso High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Hornedo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,442 students
- Don Haskins PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Other Whitaker Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Whitaker Elementary. Whitaker Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Whitaker ElementaryWinston Salem, NC · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Transmountain Early College High School0.7 mi · 354
- H R Moye Elementary School0.7 mi · 286
- Irvin High School1.1 mi · 932
- Canyon Hills Middle School1.2 mi · 408
- Stanton Elementary School1.2 mi · 366
- Magoffin Middle School1.4 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Whitaker Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whitaker Elementary School?
Whitaker Elementary School enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Whitaker Elementary School serve?
Whitaker Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whitaker Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whitaker Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whitaker Elementary School?
At Whitaker Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 88% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Whitaker Elementary School public or private?
Whitaker Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by EL PASO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.