Whittier Elementary School

Public elementary school in Houston, Texas · Houston ISD · Grades Pre-K–5

Whittier Elementary School serves 326 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Houston (Harris County). It is one of 273 schools in Houston ISD. By enrollment it is the 3982nd largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 15.5 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.

326

students

15.5

students per teacher

85.6%

free/reduced lunch eligible

Pre-K–5

grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 21 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School type	Regular School
Level	Elementary
Grades	Pre-K–5
District	Houston ISD
County	Harris County
Area type	Suburb, large
School meals	Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID	482364002614

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Texas

	This school	Houston ISD	Texas elementary schools (median)
Students	326	176,727	516
Students per teacher	15.5	16.1	14.8
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible	85.6%	79.3%	72%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 63% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Whittier Elementary School in context

Size

Whittier Elementary School is the 144th largest of Houston ISD's 178 elementary schools; its 326 students are 0.2% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.5 miles away with a median enrollment of 419; Whittier Elementary School is smaller than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is kindergarten with 52 students, and its smallest is grade 2 with 39, against an average of 47 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 52 in kindergarten and 50 in grade 5. It also enrolls 44 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 92.3% here and 61.7% across Houston ISD. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

85.6% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79.3% across Houston ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 21 full-time-equivalent teachers for 326 students, Whittier Elementary School has 15.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 326 students would have about 22 teachers, so Whittier Elementary School has 1 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

Whittier Elementary School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other elementary school is Jacinto City Elementary School, 0.6 miles away in Galena Park ISD. Within 10 miles there are 181 other elementary schools, 46 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic	92.3%
Black	5.8%
White	1.2%
Asian	0.3%
Two or more races	0.3%

42.6% of students are girls and 57.4% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K	44
Kindergarten	52
Grade 1	49
Grade 2	39
Grade 3	46
Grade 4	46
Grade 5	50

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

10511 Lacrosse St, Houston, TX 77029
Phone: (713)671-3810
Website: houstonisd.org

Red: Whittier Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.

Nearby elementary schools

School	District	Distance	Students	Per teacher	Free/reduced lunch
Jacinto City Elementary School	Galena Park ISD	0.6 mi	689	14.1	89.4%
Harris R P Elementary School	Houston ISD	1.3 mi	383	13.6	97.7%
The Varnett School - East	The Varnett Public School	1.4 mi	275	15.1	73.1%
Pyburn Elementary School	Galena Park ISD	1.5 mi	454	12.9	91.9%
Oates Elementary School	Houston ISD	1.6 mi	233	12.3	93.1%
Pleasantville Elementary School	Houston ISD	1.9 mi	219	14.6	99.5%
Macarthur Elementary School	Galena Park ISD	1.9 mi	556	13.8	89.9%
Normandy Crossing Elementary School	Galena Park ISD	2.1 mi	596	14	91.8%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

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Alcott Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	202
Almeda Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	707
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Arabic Immersion Magnet School	Elementary	Pre-K–8	609
Ashford Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	582
Askew Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	873
Atherton Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	450
Attucks Middle School	Middle	6–8	392
Austin High School	High	9–12	1,181
Barrick Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	433
Bastian Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	633
Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan	Middle	6–8	306
Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk	Middle	6–8	325
Bell Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	539
Bellaire High School	High	9–12	3,216
Bellfort Early Childhood Center	Elementary	Pre-K–K	313
Benavidez Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	782
Benbrook Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	481
Berry Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	745
Black Middle School	Middle	6–8	1,364
Blackshear Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	257
Bonham Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	940
Bonner Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	561
Braeburn Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	853
Briargrove Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	871
Briarmeadow Charter	Elementary	Pre-K–8	591
Briscoe Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	177
Brookline Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	580
Browning Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	348
Bruce Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	285
Burbank Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	736
Burbank Middle School	Middle	6–8	1,412
Burnet Elementary School	Elementary	K–5	324
Burrus Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	198
Bush Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	703
Cage Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	319
Carnegie Vanguard High School	High	9–12	855
Carrillo Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	346
Challenge Early College High School	High	9–12	485
Chavez High School	High	9–12	1,857
Clifton Middle School	Middle	6–8	363
Codwell Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	342
Community Services-Sec	Other	K–12	83
Condit Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	730
Cook Jr. Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	453
Coop Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	533
Cornelius Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	763
Crespo Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	526
Crockett Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	482
Cullen Middle School	Middle	6–8	310
Cunningham Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	562
Davila Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	398
De Chaumes Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	680
De Zavala Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	246
Deady Middle School	Middle	6–8	413
Deanda Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	670
Debakey H S for Health Prof	High	9–12	929
Dogan Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	448
Durham Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	547
Durkee Elementary School	Elementary	K–5	439
East Early College High School	High	9–12	458
Eastwood Academy	High	9–12	365
Edison Middle School	Middle	6–8	388
Eliot Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	464
Ella J Baker Montessori School	Elementary	Pre-K–8	610
Elmore Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	443
Elrod Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	742
Emerson Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	990
Energized for Excellence Academy ECC	Pre-K	Pre-K	192
Energized for Excellence Academy Elementary School	Elementary	K–5	857
Energized for Excellence Academy Inc Middle School	Middle	6–8	515
Energized for STEM Academy High School	High	9–12	520
Energized for STEM Academy Middle School	Middle	6–8	335
Energy Institute High School	High	9–12	663
Farias Early Childhood Center	Elementary	Pre-K–K	389
Field Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	507
Fleming Middle School	Middle	6–8	319
Foerster Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	531
Fondren Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	341
Fondren Middle School	Middle	6–8	713
Fonville Middle School	Middle	6–8	583
Fonwood Early Childhood Center	Elementary	Pre-K–K	405
Forest Brook Middle School	Middle	6–8	546
Foster Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	334
Franklin Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	218
Frost Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	402
Furr High School	High	9–12	914
Gallegos Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	351
Garcia Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	289
Garden Oaks Montessori	Elementary	Pre-K–8	763
Garden Villas Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	363
Golfcrest Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	372
Gregg Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	289
Gregory-Lincoln Education Center	Elementary	Pre-K–8	502
Grissom Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	424
Gross Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	390
H S Ahead Academy	Middle	6–8	151
H S for Law and Justice	High	9–12	391
Halpin Early Childhood Center	Elementary	Pre-K–K	302
Hamilton Middle School	Middle	6–8	911
Harper DAEP	High	9–12	76
Harris County JJAEP	High	5–12	25
Harris J R Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	288
Harris R P Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	383
Hartman Middle School	Middle	6–8	645
Hartsfield Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	287
Harvard Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	657
Hcc Life Skills Program	High	12	69
Heights High School	High	9–12	2,426
Helms Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	501
Henderson J Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	443
Henderson N Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	251
Henry Middle School	Middle	6–8	523
Herod Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	682
Herrera Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	721
Highland Hts Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	441
Hilliard Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	545
Hines-Caldwell	Elementary	Pre-K–5	638
Hobby Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	447
Hogg Middle School	Middle	6–8	1,161
Holland Middle School	Middle	6–8	476
Horn Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	750
Houston Academy for International Studies	High	9–12	473
Houston Math Science and Technology Center	High	9–12	2,396
Isaacs Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	241
Janowski Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	395
Jefferson Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	330
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Kashmere Gardens Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	329
Kashmere High School	High	9–12	655
Kelso Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	364
Kennedy Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	430
Ketelsen Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	382
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Lanier Middle School	Middle	6–8	1,485
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Middle College H S at Hcc Gulfton	High	9–12	72
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Milne Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	498
Mistral Center for Early Childhood	Elementary	Pre-K–K	329
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North Houston Early College High School	High	9–12	489
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Ortiz Middle School	Middle	6–8	772
Osborne Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	269
Park Place Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	686
Parker Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	924
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Peck Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	288
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Petersen Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	357
Pilgrim Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–8	1,233
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Pugh Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	256
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Robinson Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	401
Roderick R Paige Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	393
Rodriguez Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	917
Roosevelt Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	385
Ross Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	262
Rucker Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	434
Sanchez Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	378
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Scarborough High School	High	9–12	691
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Scroggins Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	287
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Seguin Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	395
Shadowbriar Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	334
Shadydale Elementary School	Elementary	K–5	576
Sharpstown High School	High	9–12	1,689
Sharpstown International School	High	6–12	1,352
Shearn Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	470
Sherman Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	453
Sinclair Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	728
Smith Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	730
Soar Center	Other	Pre-K–12	209
South Early College High School	High	9–12	452
Southmayd Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	321
Sterling High School	High	9–12	1,146
Stevens Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	556
Stevenson Middle School	Middle	6–8	1,096
Sugar Grove Academy	Middle	6–8	777
Sutton Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	833
T H Rogers School	Other	K–12	1,079
Tanglewood Middle School	Middle	6–8	836
Texas Connections Academy at Houston	Other	3–12	8,641
Thomas Middle School	Middle	6–8	391
Thompson Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	363
Tijerina Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	333
Tinsley Elementary School	Elementary	1–5	590
Travis Elementary School	Elementary	K–5	762
Twain Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	924
Valley West Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	505
Wainwright Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	382
Walnut Bend Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	587
Waltrip High School	High	9–12	1,615
Washington B T High School	High	9–12	811
Welch Middle School	Middle	6–8	547
Wesley Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	291
West Briar Middle School	Middle	6–8	994
West University Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	1,183
Westbury High School	High	9–12	1,991
Westside High School	High	9–12	2,729
Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–8	715
Wheatley High School	High	9–12	537
Whidby Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	369
White E Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	691
Williams Middle School	Middle	6–8	352
Windsor Village Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	628
Wisdom High School	High	9–12	1,965
Woodson School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	457
Worthing High School	High	9–12	751
Yates High School	High	9–12	685
Young Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	334
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