Elementary · Illinois

Walt Whitman Elem School

Free meals for all

Walt Whitman Elem School, a public elementary school in Wheeling, Illinois: grades pre-k–5, 378 students, 11.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Wheeling CCSD 21.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 378
Teachers (FTE): 33.0
Students per teacher: 11.5
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 75% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 53% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared

Smaller than 58% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Wheeling CCSD 21

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Wheeling CCSD 21.

Location

Address: 133 Wille Ave, Wheeling, IL 60090
Phone: (847)520-2795
City or town: Wheeling
County: Cook County

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Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Mark Twain Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	524	12.8	1.2 mi
Eugene Field Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	613	15.9	1.8 mi
Hickory Point Elem School	Pre-K–2	425	11.6	2.1 mi
Booth Tarkington Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	540	14.2	2.2 mi
Earl Pritchett School	K–3	430	11.9	2.5 mi
Robert Frost Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	532	14.4	2.6 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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