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Enrollment
661
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTERVILLE UNIFIED·NCES 060006404877
Westfield Elementary
1151 West Pioneer Ave., Porterville, CA 93257 · (559) 782-7270 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL661 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
539 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 100 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (100).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 62% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
40.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.8pp since 2014
Math
35.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.1% | 25.7% | 24.3% | 34.9% |
| Math | 15.6% | 20.1% | 23.6% | 40.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.2% | 33.8% |
| 2022-23 | 39.2% | 34.2% |
| 2021-22 | 40.7% | 37.5% |
| 2018-19 | 49.1% | 43.7% |
| 2017-18 | 47.6% | 41.3% |
| 2016-17 | 36.6% | 31.7% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 23.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Westfield Elementary
Westfield Elementary's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield Elementary this school | 661 | 81.5% | 37.9% |
| Las Palmas Elementary Patterson | 642 | 83.6% | 26.1% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary La Quinta | 627 | 82.1% | 32.3% |
| Harry S. Truman Elementary La Quinta | 635 | 80.2% | 39.7% |
| Vista Academy of Visual and Performing Arts Vista | 740 | 81.6% | 31.3% |
| Veva Blunt Elementary Visalia | 596 | 78.5% | 27.3% |
Matched among California 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 Westfield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #2,680 of 5,151 | #36 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #2,679 of 5,172 ▲ 18 | #30 of 102 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #2,843 of 5,172 ▼ 232 | #41 of 102 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #1,525 of 5,116 | #10 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 661 | #950 of 5,915 | #13 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,935 of 5,352 | #82 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #3,592 of 5,354 | #35 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.5% | #2,028 of 5,625 | #61 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #3,587 of 3,837 | #69 of 77 |
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
661
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 893
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 29.5:1
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 | 661 | 27.2 | 24.3:1 | 82% (539) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 26.2 | 24.9:1 | 61% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 710 | 27.7 | 25.6:1 | 73% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 678 | 23 | 29.5:1 | 76% (515) |
| 2017-18 | 678 | 24.7 | 27.4:1 | 74% (499) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 25 | 26.6:1 | 77% (514) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | N/A | N/A | 77% (482) |
| 2000-01 | 893 | 44 | 20.3:1 | 40% (361) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (678 to 661); teachers up 10% (24.7 to 27.2).
About Westfield Elementary
Westfield Elementary is an elementary school located in Porterville, California, in Tulare County. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 661 students. It has 42% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Porterville Unified includes 22 schools. Together they enroll 13,893 students.
About 77% of the student body at Westfield Elementary is Hispanic. Other groups include 16% White, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Tulare County residents are about 67% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 37, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.3:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 539 students, or 82%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Westfield Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 51% of California public elementary schools.
Westfield Elementary scores 37.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 31.8%.
In Tulare County, the median household earns about $71,300 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Tulare County has 196 public schools with about 101,494 students, including Westfield Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Westfield Elementary is closest to Butterfield Charter, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Westfield Elementary is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Westfield Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
In 2020-21, Westfield Elementary enrolled 678 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 661. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (24.3:1) than in 2020-21 (29.5:1).
The allk12 page for Westfield Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Porterville Unified
- Porterville HighHigh · 2,125 students
- Monache HighHigh · 1,855 students
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Santa Fe ElementaryElementary · 809 students
- Pioneer MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Olive Street ElementaryElementary · 624 students
Other schools in Porterville
- Summit Charter AcademyCombined · 2,423 students
- Porterville HighHigh · 2,125 students
- Monache HighHigh · 1,855 students
- Monarch River AcademyCombined · 1,338 students
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Santa Fe ElementaryElementary · 809 students
Other Westfield Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Westfield Elementary. Westfield Elementary is the largest of the 6.
- Westfield Elementary SchoolRobins, IA · 445 students
- Westfield Elementary SchoolGlen Ellyn, IL · 311 students
- WESTFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWESTFIELD, NY · 288 students
- Westfield ElementaryWestfield, WI · 275 students
- Westfield ElementaryPilot Mountain, NC · 212 students
Nearby schools
- Butterfield Charter0.3 mi · 504
- Porterville Military Academy0.3 mi · 255
- Sequoia Middle0.3 mi · 532
- Vine Street Community Day0.4 mi · 14
- Monte Vista Elementary0.6 mi · 440
- Monache High0.7 mi · 1,855
Frequently asked questions
About Westfield ElementaryHow many students attend Westfield Elementary?
Westfield Elementary enrolls approximately 661 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Westfield Elementary serve?
Westfield Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Westfield Elementary?
Approximately 24.3:1 students per teacher at Westfield Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westfield Elementary?
At Westfield Elementary, the student body is approximately 16% White, 77% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Westfield Elementary public or private?
Westfield Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Porterville Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.