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What's the most underrated thing about WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051221001444
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
512 COUNTRY CLUB RD, SEARCY, AR 72143 · (501) 268-0111 · White County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
184 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 70%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 22% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
53.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
64.4%
AR avg 38.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 64.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 65.8% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 398 | 46.2% | 58.0% |
| SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENTON | 469 | 45.0% | 48.1% |
| EAST END ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 442 | 49.8% | N/A |
| MAGNESS CREEK ELEMENTARY CABOT | 351 | 41.9% | 42.1% |
| SULPHUR ROCK MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BATESVILLE | 333 | 45.0% | 46.1% |
| STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CABOT | 481 | 45.9% | 52.4% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In White County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #35 of 461 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #32 of 465 ▼ 11 | #1 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #58 of 465 ▼ 25 | #1 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #285 of 531 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #452 of 480 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #277 of 480 | #4 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #442 of 513 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #102 of 311 | #2 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
398
-69 (-15%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 545
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 18.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 398 | 20.6 | 19.3:1 | 46% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 26.5 | 16.2:1 | 41% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 27.3 | 16.1:1 | 40% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 42% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 22% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 31 | 17.1:1 | 37% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 34 | 17.5:1 | 30% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 545 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 18% (98) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public mid-sized elementary school in SEARCY, Arkansas. The school counted 398 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 3.
SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 6 schools; together they serve 3,973 students.
More than half of enrollment at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 76%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. The county population is about 87% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 40%.
The school lists 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1. A total of 184 students, or 46%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in White County report 60%.
On the allk12 Grade, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 92% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 42.6% for WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 58.0%. The 15.4-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas schools.
In White County, median household income comes to about $55,249, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. White County counts 27 public schools with about 12,342 students.
SEARCY HIGH SCHOOL is about 1.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 7. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 34.6%; WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 58.0%, ranking 1st of 9.
The NCES locale for WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 467 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 398. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.3:1) than in 2020-21 (18.0:1).
The allk12 page for WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
White County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,838
Census ACS
Median income
$55,249
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SEARCY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,220 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 913 students
- AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 576 students
- MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 445 students
- SIDNEY DEENER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
Other schools in SEARCY
- SEARCY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,220 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 913 students
- AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 576 students
- MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 445 students
- SIDNEY DEENER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 340 students
Other Westside Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 19 states are named Westside Elementary. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 27th largest of the 41.
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJONESBORO, AR · 756 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCABOT, AR · 424 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLROGERS, AR · 402 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHARTMAN, AR · 279 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolANGLETON, TX · 1,029 students
Nearby schools
- SEARCY HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,220
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 913
- MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 445
- AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 576
- SIDNEY DEENER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 421
- RIVERVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.8 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 398 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 19.3:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 76% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.