Westside Elementary School

Westside Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Demopolis, Alabama, part of Demopolis City, with 499 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2.

Demopolis City comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,918 students; Westside Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Westside Elementary School logs that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Marengo County indicate median household earnings sit near $43,825, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marengo County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,270 students), Westside Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Demopolis High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westside Elementary School has decreased 4%, going from 519 students in 2018 to 499 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 48% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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