Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001265
Whittier Elementary School
1320 NW 75 ST, SEATTLE, WA 98117 · (206) 252-1650 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
30 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
72.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.7pp since 2014
Math
74.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.4% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.3% | 82.3% |
| 2022-23 | 77.5% | 80.2% |
| 2021-22 | 74.4% | 71.9% |
| 2018-19 | 76.3% | 69.4% |
| 2017-18 | 77.4% | 70.8% |
| 2016-17 | 69.5% | 70.9% |
| 2015-16 | 80.6% | 76.7% |
| 2014-15 | 78.1% | 76.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Whittier Elementary School
Whittier Elementary School's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier Elementary School this school | 346 | 8.7% | 79.2% |
| West Woodland Elementary School SEATTLE | 355 | 8.5% | 83.3% |
| Greenwood Elementary School SEATTLE | 339 | 10.3% | 82.6% |
| East Ridge Elementary Woodinville | 427 | 7.5% | 80.7% |
| North Beach Elementary School SEATTLE | 344 | 14.0% | 71.2% |
| Halilts Elementary School Bainbridge Island | 353 | 12.7% | 75.3% |
Matched among Washington 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 Whittier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #58 of 936 | #47 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #93 of 1,103 ▼ 60 | #63 of 281 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #128 of 1,102 ▼ 64 | #86 of 280 ▼ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #550 of 928 | #156 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #813 of 1,268 | #220 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #563 of 1,085 | #138 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #856 of 1,088 | #271 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.7% | #1,133 of 1,169 | #260 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.1% | #115 of 778 | #46 of 220 |
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
346
-71 (-17%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 346 | 21.8 | 15.9:1 | 9% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 8% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 9% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 26.2 | 18.9:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 22 | 21.6:1 | 10% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 453 | 18 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 18 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whittier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (495 to 346); teachers down 17% (26.2 to 21.8).
About Whittier Elementary School
In SEATTLE, Washington, part of King County, Whittier Elementary School is an elementary school. The school's enrollment of 346 students covers kindergarten through 5.
Whittier Elementary School is one school in a 107-school district, Seattle School District No. 1, which enrolls 50,773 students.
A majority of students at Whittier Elementary School, 73%, are White. The next largest groups are 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 2% Black. The school's White share is 18 points above the 55% share among King County residents. Whittier Elementary School has a diversity index of 45%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Whittier Elementary School employs 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, higher than at this school. Whittier Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 9%. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in King County is 29 points.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 79.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 74.4%.
In King County (population about 2,287,171), median household income is about $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 544 public schools operate in King County, serving about 278,492 students.
Ballard High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Whittier Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 79.2% versus a 74.3% average.
The NCES locale for Whittier Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 417 to 346 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Whittier Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Seattle School District No. 1
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other schools in SEATTLE
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other Whittier Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 17 states are named Whittier Elementary. Whittier Elementary School is the 23rd largest of the 35.
- Whittier ElementaryEverett, WA · 422 students
- Whittier ElementaryPASCO, WA · 378 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 305 students
- Whittier ElementaryHemet, CA · 816 students
- Whittier ElementaryFrederick, MD · 779 students
Nearby schools
- Ballard High School0.5 mi · 1,697
- Salmon Bay K-8 School0.6 mi · 595
- Greenwood Elementary School0.7 mi · 339
- Loyal Heights Elementary School0.8 mi · 527
- Whitman Middle School0.9 mi · 633
- North Beach Elementary School1.0 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About Whittier Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whittier Elementary School?
Whittier Elementary School enrolls approximately 346 students in grades KG-05.
Is Whittier Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whittier Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Whittier Elementary School have?
Whittier Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Whittier Elementary School?
Student demographics at Whittier Elementary School are roughly 73% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Whittier Elementary School in?
Whittier Elementary School is part of Seattle School District No. 1.
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