Whittier Elementary School

Whittier Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in SEATTLE, Washington, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1. The school caters to 346 students in grades K through 5.

Within Seattle School District No. 1, which oversees 107 schools and 50,773 students, Whittier Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Whittier Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 2% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Whittier Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.4%, the actual is 79.2%, a residual of +4.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household income runs about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Whittier Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ballard High School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Whittier Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 74.3%.

Whittier Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Whittier Elementary School has decreased 30%, going from 495 students in 2018 to 346 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 79% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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