Whittier Elementary

Families in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, are served by Whittier Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Its 459 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323 students.

Whittier Elementary is one of 41 schools in Kenosha School District, which enrolls 20,297 students in total.

White students make up a majority at Whittier Elementary, at 58%. The remaining shares are 28% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Kenosha County's population at about 75%. Whittier Elementary's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.

Teachers at the school number 32.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. The school's lunch program data list 37% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Kenosha County average 48%.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, Whittier Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 56.8% actual against 54.9% predicted.

Census estimates describe Kenosha County this way: the median household income is $81,239, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Kenosha County has 56 public schools and roughly 27,114 students.

The school nearest to Whittier Elementary is Lance Middle, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Whittier Elementary places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.

Locale data from NCES put Whittier Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).

Over 4 years, Whittier Elementary's enrollment grew 29%, to 459.

The Whittier Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.