Whittier Elem

Regular School · Kansas City, KS

Whittier Elem is a regular school school in Kansas City, Kansas, serving grades KG–05 with 502 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 13.7:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

KG – 05

Enrollment

502

Teachers (FTE)

36.8

Student–Teacher Ratio

13.7:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
Hispanic/Latino	363	72%
Black or African American	86	17%
White	22	4%
Two or more races	10	2%
Asian	9	2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	8	2%
American Indian / Alaska Native	4	1%
Total enrollment	502	238M / 264F

English Language Learners: 333 (66% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	9.0% -19.4pp	28.4%	245
Reading Proficiency	17.0% -19.2pp	36.2%	223
Science Proficiency	25-29%	—	85

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

-0.57 grade levels

Math

+0.20 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

1 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

0.2% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

230

45.8% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	502	100%

Contact & Location

295 S 10th Street

Kansas City, KS 66102

Phone: (913)627-6400

http://www.kckps.org

District

Kansas City

Per-pupil expenditure: $18,617

District enrollment: 22,013

Other Schools in District

Banneker Elem Elementary
Bertram Caruthers Elem Elementary
Chelsea Elem Elementary
Claude A Huyck Elem Elementary
Douglass Elem Elementary
Emerson Elem Elementary
Eugene Ware Elem Elementary
Frances Willard Elem Elementary

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 66102) → CensusDepth.com
Kansas population & income data → CensusDepth.com
Kansas teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

200795001714

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD