Whitney Early Childhood Education Center

Whitney Early Childhood Education Center operates as a micro-enrollment K-5 school in Anacortes, Washington, overseen by Anacortes School District. Current enrollment sits at 36 students spanning grade pre-K. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 91% smaller than typical.

Anacortes School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,595 students. Whitney Early Childhood Education Center is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Whitney Early Childhood Education Center logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Skagit County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Whitney Early Childhood Education Center logs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 36.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Skagit County (around 56%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Skagit County indicate median household income runs about $89,263, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Skagit County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,298 students), of which Whitney Early Childhood Education Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: Open Doors, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 76%: 148 students in 2018 compared to 36 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 82% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 36.0:1 today.

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