Whittier Elementary

Whittier Elementary is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in PASCO, Washington, overseen by Pasco School District, with 378 students on its rolls from grades K through 2.

Whittier Elementary is one of 28 schools operated by Pasco School District, a district that teaches 18,913 students overall.

Demographically, Whittier Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). The remainder reads as 4% White. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Franklin County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $86,714 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Whittier Elementary is one of 43 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 21,403 students).

The closest other public school is Marie Curie STEM Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whittier Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Whittier Elementary's enrollment has decreased 39% since 2018, when it stood at 615 (now 378). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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