West Side Elementary

Set in Healdsburg, California, West Side Elementary is a very small primary school, operated by West Side Union Elementary. It serves 130 students across grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 72% leaner than typical.

West Side Elementary sits inside West Side Union Elementary, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, West Side Elementary records that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Sonoma County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, West Side Elementary records 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting West Side Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Sonoma County's rate of about 51%.

After controlling for student poverty, West Side Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 58.4%; this one delivers 74.4%, a residual of +16.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Sonoma County put the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sonoma County's 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), West Side Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Healdsburg Elementary, roughly 2.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, West Side Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Side Elementary has shrank 29%, going from 182 students in 2018 to 130 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 34% to 20%. Class-load math has fell: from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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