Whittier Elementary

Whittier Elementary is a public elementary school in Kansas City, KS, part of Kansas City, Kansas (USD 500), serving grades K–5 with 503 students.

• Metro grade D: 21st percentile among rated KC-metro elementary schools on Kansas assessment proficiency (our A–F, metro-relative, not a state rating).
• Ranked #528 of 668 Kansas elementary schools by 2024-25 state-test proficiency.
• ELA proficiency 33.6% (district 21.6%, state 44.5%).
• Math proficiency 31% (district 14.6%, state 38.7%).
• Science proficiency 29.2% (district 14.7%, state 41.4%).
• Student–teacher ratio about ~13.9:1.
• Open-enrollment seats posted for 2026-27: 10.
• Building opened 1991.
• Title I school.

Feeder pattern

K–5 Whittier Elementary → 6–8 Central Middle → 9–12 Wyandotte High

Contact

295 S 10th Street, Kansas City, KS 66102-5550 · (913) 627-6400 · School website

Compare Whittier Elementary with other schools · Find the schools an address is zoned for · Kansas City, Kansas (USD 500)

Other elementary schools in Kansas City, Kansas

• Banneker Elementary
• Bertram Caruthers Elementary
• Claude A Huyck Elementary
• Douglass Elementary
• Emerson Elementary
• Eugene Ware Elementary
• Frances Willard Elementary
• Frank Rushton Elementary

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