30 years ago Whiting had an enrollment of 382 students. Those numbers today would put them in 2A. I think over the last 30 years there have been more small schools start playing football as well as many schools enrollment going down. That has moved the line between 1A and 2A down.
Also the information I can find online shows that Whiting has built 158 new housing units since 1990. Don't know if those were single family homes or not. This information covers 1990 to 2018.