Whittier Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

777 Elm Tree Ln

Tacoma WA, 98466, Pierce County

Phone: 253-571-7500

Ranking:

(361 out of 1,485, top 24%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Tacoma Public Schools

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:	NA	NA	25		24		24		24		22		22
Total Students:	472		485		491		438		461		483		448
Prekindergarten:	8	1.7%	6	1.2%	19	3.9%	13	3.0%	10	2.2%	13	2.7%	16	3.6%
Kindergarten:	80	16.9%	97	20.0%	94	19.1%	92	21.0%	91	19.7%	94	19.5%	87	19.4%
Grade 1:	93	19.7%	94	19.4%	87	17.7%	72	16.4%	82	17.8%	83	17.2%	99	22.1%
Grade 2:	80	16.9%	78	16.1%	76	15.5%	74	16.9%	73	15.8%	95	19.7%	59	13.2%
Grade 3:	82	17.4%	72	14.8%	80	16.3%	65	14.8%	87	18.9%	63	13.0%	76	17.0%
Grade 4:	65	13.8%	80	16.5%	68	13.8%	76	17.4%	68	14.8%	70	14.5%	69	15.4%
Grade 5:	64	13.6%	58	12.0%	67	13.6%	46	10.5%	50	10.8%	65	13.5%	42	9.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	225	47.7%	226	46.6%	235	47.9%	207	47.3%	213	46.2%	234	48.4%	211	47.1%
Female:	247	52.3%	259	53.4%	256	52.1%	231	52.7%	240	52.1%	241	49.9%	233	52.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	4	0.9%	6	1.3%	8	1.7%	9	2.0%
Asian:	21	4.4%	25	5.2%	31	6.3%	28	6.4%	36	7.8%	40	8.3%	34	7.6%
Hispanic:	54	11.4%	67	13.8%	57	11.6%	34	7.8%	28	6.1%	31	6.4%	26	5.8%
Black:	87	18.4%	94	19.4%	70	14.3%	66	15.1%	88	19.1%	95	19.7%	95	21.2%
White:	271	57.4%	284	58.6%	286	58.2%	267	61.0%	303	65.7%	309	64.0%	284	63.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	7	1.5%	5	1.0%	4	0.8%	5	1.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	32	6.8%	9	1.9%	42	8.6%	34	7.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	173	36.7%	181	37.3%	123	25.1%	124	28.3%	175	38.0%	156	32.3%	134	29.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	33	7.0%	26	5.4%	19	3.9%	25	5.7%	33	7.2%	39	8.1%	32	7.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	NA	NA	19.40		20.89		18.25		19.21		21.70		20.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MSP
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.3%	54.4%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.5%	58.8%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.1%	61.7%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	54.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	65.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	70.2%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	63.4%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	64.8%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.9%	44.5%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.4%	46.7%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	50.8%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.4%	54.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	61%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	57%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	63.3%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	64.0%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	59.4%	56.1%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	50.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67.2%	54%	N/A
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65.8%	54.7%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	44.3%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	52.2%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	58.3%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	57.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	62.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	52.9%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	63.3%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	69.9%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	46%	21%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	41.3%	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	50.5%	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	53.2%	N/A
WASL
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.1%	51.6%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	63.7%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.6%	61.3%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.7%	55%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	62.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	64.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	64.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	64.9%	N/A
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.4%	48.9%	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.7%	50%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.7%	43%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.5%	45.7%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.2%	47%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.6%	39.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	69.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	76.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	74.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	70.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	66.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	66.8%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.2%	50.1%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	58.8%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	54.7%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	73.5%	53.9%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	58.3%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50%	55.7%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	45.7%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60%	53.7%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	50.8%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	52.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.2%	69.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	64.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	68.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	67.8%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	21.7%	18.9%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37.9%	25%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53.7%	23.8%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37%	23.2%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	29.5%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	32.3%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Whittier Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.