Enrollment
146
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001271
Whittier Elementary
4382 S 3rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53207 · (414) 294-1400 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL146 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
79 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
58.7%
WI avg 54.8% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.5% | 58.7% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 63.2% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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
Whittier Elementary's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier Elementary this school | 146 | 54.1% | 65.0% |
| Gompers Elementary Madison | 217 | 49.3% | 45.1% |
| MacArthur Elementary Green Bay | 223 | 56.5% | 58.0% |
| Jefferson Elementary Appleton | 212 | 65.6% | 44.5% |
| Pier Elementary Fond du Lac | 274 | 61.7% | 40.0% |
| Orchard Ridge Elementary Madison | 265 | 52.1% | 43.8% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #302 of 982 | #26 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #413 of 992 ▼ 48 | #31 of 174 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #267 of 992 ▼ 81 | #32 of 174 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 146 | #1,004 of 1,157 | #173 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #347 of 1,064 | #124 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #55 of 664 | #17 of 133 |
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
146
-47 (-24%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 211
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 146 | 8.4 | 17.4:1 | 54% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 142 | 9.8 | 14.6:1 | 62% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 143 | 10 | 14.3:1 | 59% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 193 | 9 | 21.4:1 | 56% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 220 | 5.9 | 37.3:1 | 45% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 213 | 7 | 30.4:1 | 41% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 218 | 8 | 27.3:1 | 37% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 192 | 13 | 14.8:1 | 69% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 211 | 7 | 30.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whittier Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (220 to 146); teachers up 42% (5.9 to 8.4).
About Whittier Elementary
A low-enrollment elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Whittier Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District. School enrollment was 146 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Wisconsin is roughly 323 students; this school is 55% smaller than that.
Whittier Elementary belongs to Milwaukee School District, a district of 155 schools and 65,835 students.
Enrollment at Whittier Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 34%. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 23% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Milwaukee County's population at about 51%. The chance that two students picked at random at Whittier Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 75%.
Dividing enrollment by its 8.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, lower than at this school. Whittier Elementary reports 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Milwaukee County, the average is 64%.
Whittier Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Wisconsin, Whittier Elementary is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 65.0% compared with a predicted 44.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Milwaukee County show that median household income is about $64,435, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Whittier Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County, which together enroll about 122,496 students.
The nearest other public school, Burdick Elementary, is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 43.3%; Whittier Elementary's is 65.0%, ranking 1st of 9.
NCES describes the area around Whittier Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Whittier Elementary is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 24%, from 193 to 146. The ratio was 21.4:1 in 2020-21 and 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Whittier Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
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Other Whittier Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 17 states are named Whittier Elementary. Whittier Elementary is the 35th largest of the 35.
- Whittier ElementaryPleasant Prairie, WI · 459 students
- Whittier ElementaryHemet, CA · 816 students
- Whittier ElementaryFrederick, MD · 779 students
- WHITTIER ELEMENTARYKANSAS CITY, MO · 550 students
- Whittier ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 526 students
Nearby schools
- Burdick Elementary0.5 mi · 527
- Bay View Montessori School0.7 mi · 449
- Lowell International Elementary1.2 mi · 209
- Clement Avenue Elementary1.3 mi · 238
- Morgandale Elementary1.5 mi · 624
- Reagan College Preparatory High1.5 mi · 1,372
Frequently asked questions
About Whittier ElementaryHow large is Whittier Elementary?
Whittier Elementary enrolls approximately 146 students in grades PK-05.
Is Whittier Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whittier Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whittier Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whittier Elementary is approximately 17.4:1 (8 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Whittier Elementary?
Whittier Elementary reports a student body of 34% White, 27% Hispanic, 23% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Whittier Elementary?
Whittier Elementary is overseen by Milwaukee School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.