Westwind Elementary School

As a large primary school in Phoenix, Arizona, Westwind Elementary School serves 932 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by Pendergast Elementary District (4283). That puts it 107% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Pendergast Elementary District (4283) comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 8,098 students; Westwind Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Westwind Elementary School lists that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% White, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, Westwind Elementary School reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Westwind Elementary School is one.

West-MEC - Copper Canyon High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westwind Elementary School.

Westwind Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Westwind Elementary School's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,144 (now 932).

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