Whitman Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary school in Spokane, Washington, Whitman Elementary instructs 362 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Spokane School District.

Spokane School District comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 28,853 students; Whitman Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Whitman Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 15% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Whitman Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Whitman Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Spokane County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Whitman Elementary sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 22.4%; actual is 39.5%, +17.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Spokane County shows median household income runs about $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Spokane County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), of which Whitman Elementary is one.

Rogers High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Whitman Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 26.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 35%: 561 students in 2018 compared to 362 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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