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Whittier Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

295 South 10th St

Kansas City KS, 66102, Wyandotte County

Phone: 913-627-6400

Ranking:

(961 out of 973, bottom 1%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Kansas City Unified School District 500

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	46		44		48		44		39		45		40
Total Students:	635		621		600		588		602		554		578
Kindergarten:	117	18.4%	91	14.7%	115	19.2%	106	18.0%	100	16.6%	88	15.9%	120	20.8%
Grade 1:	105	16.5%	117	18.8%	104	17.3%	95	16.2%	105	17.4%	117	21.1%	93	16.1%
Grade 2:	111	17.5%	104	16.7%	89	14.8%	100	17.0%	114	18.9%	88	15.9%	94	16.3%
Grade 3:	108	17.0%	97	15.6%	100	16.7%	112	19.0%	91	15.1%	90	16.2%	91	15.7%
Grade 4:	85	13.4%	108	17.4%	104	17.3%	85	14.5%	99	16.4%	83	15.0%	91	15.7%
Grade 5:	109	17.2%	104	16.7%	88	14.7%	90	15.3%	93	15.4%	88	15.9%	89	15.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	333	52.4%	321	51.7%	305	50.8%	287	48.8%	305	50.7%	269	48.6%	291	50.3%
Female:	302	47.6%	300	48.3%	295	49.2%	301	51.2%	297	49.3%	277	50.0%	283	49.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.5%
Asian:	52	8.2%	55	8.9%	53	8.8%	32	5.4%	34	5.6%	25	4.5%	12	2.1%
Hispanic:	458	72.1%	451	72.6%	428	71.3%	433	73.6%	412	68.4%	365	65.9%	405	70.1%
Black:	55	8.7%	54	8.7%	57	9.5%	70	11.9%	95	15.8%	110	19.9%	112	19.4%
White:	67	10.6%	58	9.3%	58	9.7%	49	8.3%	56	9.3%	54	9.7%	46	8.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	5	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	600	94.5%	587	94.5%	564	94.0%	545	92.7%	550	91.4%	496	89.5%	494	85.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	3.8%	25	4.0%	24	4.0%	31	5.3%	35	5.8%	43	7.8%	40	6.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.96		14.08		12.45		13.49		15.60		12.40		14.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
KS State Assessment
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.25%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.44%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	33.7%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.68%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.42%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	34.18%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46.81%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48.78%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	31.46%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48.28%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.88%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.84%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.45%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44.05%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.49%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.65%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.16%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.02%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36.9%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.67%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.29%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.09%	N/A	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	62.35%	N/A	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.51%	N/A	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.65%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.11%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.67%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.18%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.11%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.51%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.39%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	39.19%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	41.03%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.12%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.89%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.82%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.24%	N/A	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	73.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	27.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	43.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	56.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,764.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,277.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,421.0

* Whittier Elementary Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.