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Whitman Elementary School

Q: Is Whitman Elementary School a good school?

Whitman Elementary School ranks in the bottom 0.0% of Oklahoma elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Whitman Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 259 students attended Whitman Elementary School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Whitman Elementary School?

Students at Whitman Elementary School are 63% African American, 18% Two or more races, 9% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% Pacific Islander, 1% American Indian.

Q: What schools do graduates of Whitman Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Whitman Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Monroe Demonstration Middle School High : McLain High School For Science And Technical

Public Grades PK, KG-5

614^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 614 Oklahoma Elementary Schools

Better than 0% of Oklahoma elementary schools

Summary

Whitman Elementary School is a public elementary school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, serving 257 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Tulsa School District, which is ranked 387 out of 452 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Whitman Elementary has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in Oklahoma, with rankings in the bottom 10% of the state for the past several years.

Whitman Elementary faces significant challenges, with extremely low academic achievement, high chronic absenteeism rates, and a high-poverty student population. In the 2024-2025 school year, 0% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and only 2% were proficient or better in Mathematics, far below the Tulsa district and state averages. The school's chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 39.3% to 43.0% in recent years, are also much higher than the state average of 19.0%. Additionally, 96.89% of Whitman Elementary's students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a high-poverty student population.

Whitman Elementary's performance lags behind nearby schools in the Tulsa district, such as Greenwood Leadership Academy, Springdale Elementary, and Emerson Elementary, which also perform poorly compared to state averages but generally outperform Whitman Elementary. Despite spending $11,085 per student, which is higher than some nearby schools, Whitman Elementary has been unable to make meaningful improvements in its performance over the past decade, suggesting deep-rooted challenges that the school has struggled to address effectively.

259

Students ?

16.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,116

Per pupil spending ?

93.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3924 North Lansing Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74106-4106

(918) 925-1380

District: Tulsa

Students who attend Whitman Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Monroe Demonstration Middle School
High:	McLain High School For Science And Technical

Racial breakdown:

African American:

62.5%

Two or more races:

17.8%

Hispanic:

9.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2009 → <1st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Oklahoma average (2% vs 27% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (43% vs 19% Oklahoma)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school2%

District avg15%

Oklahoma avg27%

614^th of 614

Oklahoma public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

45^th of 45Elementary Schools in the Tulsa

387^th of 452Tulsa among Oklahoma districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oklahoma percentile	Rating
2025	4.5	614 of 614	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	2.6	645 of 646	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	0.4	951 of 957	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	7.5	827 of 846	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	4.0	838 of 845	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	5.8	830 of 840	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oklahoma percentile	Rating
2025	5.3	502 of 502	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	3.1	502 of 506	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Oklahoma (2024-2025) ?

Science3%-27 vs state

Mathematics2%-24 vs state

English Language Arts I0%-26 vs state

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Schools Near Whitman Elementary School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				OSTP English Language Arts I (2025)							OSTP Mathematics (2025)							OSTP Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSTP English Language Arts I 3rd Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 4th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 5th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 6th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 7th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 8th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I All Grades	OSTP Mathematics 3rd Grade	OSTP Mathematics 4th Grade	OSTP Mathematics 5th Grade	OSTP Mathematics 6th Grade	OSTP Mathematics 7th Grade	OSTP Mathematics 8th Grade	OSTP Mathematics All Grades	OSTP Science 5th Grade	OSTP Science 8th Grade	OSTP Science All Grades	Total
Whitman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3924 North Lansing Avenue	Tulsa	74106	Tulsa County	Tulsa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(918) 925-1380	259	16	16.2	93.1%	17 (6.6%)	162 (62.5%)	24 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	7 (2.7%)	46 (17.8%)	4.5	614^th of 614 public elementary schools	0.0%					(n/a)	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0				2.0	3.0		3.0	$13,116
Hawthorne Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1105 East 33rd Street North	Tulsa	74106	Tulsa County	Tulsa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(918) 925-1340	357	13	26.7	92.2%	28 (7.8%)	186 (52.1%)	54 (15.1%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.6%)	29 (8.1%)	46 (12.9%)	5.6	612^th of 614 public elementary schools	0.3%					(n/a)	3.0	7.0	2.0				4.0	2.0	4.0	0.0				2.0	5.0		5.0	$11,649
Anderson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1921 East 29th Street North	Tulsa	74110	Tulsa County	Tulsa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(918) 925-1300	346	18	19.0	97.1%	36 (10.4%)	173 (50.0%)	51 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.5%)	8 (2.3%)	59 (17.1%)	11.5	575^th of 614 public elementary schools	6.4%					(n/a)	16.0	4.0	2.0				8.0	19.0	4.0	8.0				11.0	10.0		10.0	$14,084
John Hope Franklin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5550 North Martin Luther King	Tulsa	74126	Tulsa County	Tulsa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(918) 746-9600	367	15	23.8	93.2%	42 (11.4%)	180 (49.0%)	71 (19.3%)	6 (1.6%)	11 (3.0%)	11 (3.0%)	46 (12.5%)	5.5	613^th of 614 public elementary schools	0.2%					(n/a)	6.0	2.0	0.0				3.0	6.0	9.0	0.0				6.0	0.0		0.0	$18,159
Felicitas Mendez International School	Public	PK, KG-5	2703 N Yorktown Pl	Tulsa	74110	Tulsa County	Tulsa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(918) 925-1400	329	22	15.0	83.9%	36 (10.9%)	38 (11.6%)	229 (69.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.1%)	13.7	562^nd of 614 public elementary schools	8.5%					(n/a)	15.0	15.0	11.0				14.0	13.0	10.0	6.0				10.0	5.0		5.0	$12,273
Burroughs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1924 North Martin Luther King	Tulsa	74106	Tulsa County	Tulsa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(918) 833-8780	302	16	18.3	96.0%	25 (8.3%)	174 (57.6%)	26 (8.6%)	3 (1.0%)	6 (2.0%)	21 (7.0%)	47 (15.6%)	10.9	580^th of 614 public elementary schools	5.5%					(n/a)	14.0	8.0	13.0				12.0	10.0	8.0	2.0				6.0	6.0		6.0	$13,621
Tulsa Legacy Elementary School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	105 East 63rd Street North	Tulsa	74126	Tulsa County	Tulsa Legacy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(918) 794-1442	498	34	14.6	88.2%	15 (3.0%)	336 (67.5%)	62 (12.4%)	2 (0.4%)	16 (3.2%)	3 (0.6%)	64 (12.9%)	12.3	570^th of 614 public elementary schools	7.2%		6.1	383^rd of 389 public elementary schools	1.5%	187	9.0	6.0	16.0	10.0	7.0	16.0	10.0	5.0	10.0	16.0	5.0	9.0	22.0	11.0	8.0	18.0	11.0	$12,924
Greenwood Leadership Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1789 W Seminole St	Tulsa	74127	Osage County	Tulsa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(918) 833-8760	241	14	16.9	89.6%	12 (5.0%)	159 (66.0%)	16 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (19.9%)	8.4	596^th of 614 public elementary schools	2.9%					(n/a)	0.0	8.0	8.0				6.0	6.0	8.0	8.0				7.0	8.0		8.0	$11,497
Springdale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2510 East Pine Street	Tulsa	74110	Tulsa County	Tulsa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(918) 746-9380	383	25	15.4	94.8%	35 (9.1%)	14 (3.7%)	309 (80.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.4%)	6.3	609^th of 614 public elementary schools	0.8%					(n/a)	8.0	2.0	5.0				5.0	8.0	4.0	2.0				4.0	3.0		3.0	$12,755
Emerson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	909 North Boston Avenue	Tulsa	74106	Tulsa County	Tulsa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(918) 925-1320	376	20	18.8	76.9%	74 (19.7%)	189 (50.3%)	29 (7.7%)	4 (1.1%)	16 (4.3%)	3 (0.8%)	61 (16.2%)	19.1	514^th of 614 public elementary schools	16.3%					(n/a)	20.0	17.0	15.0				17.0	18.0	13.0	4.0				12.0	13.0		13.0	$12,013

Frequently Asked Questions about Whitman Elementary School

How many students attend Whitman Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 259 students attended Whitman Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Whitman Elementary School?

Students at Whitman Elementary School are 63% African American, 18% Two or more races, 9% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% Pacific Islander, 1% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Whitman Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Whitman Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Monroe Demonstration Middle School
High : McLain High School For Science And Technical

What district is Whitman Elementary School in?

Tulsa

Is Whitman Elementary School a good school?

Whitman Elementary School ranks in the bottom 0.0% of Oklahoma elementary schools.

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