Westfield Elementary

Located at 1151 West Pioneer Ave., in Porterville, California, Westfield Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus that hosts 661 students (grades K through 6), run under Porterville Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 42% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 22 schools in Porterville Unified (13,893 students total), Westfield Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Westfield Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 16% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Tulare County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Westfield Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 82% of students at Westfield Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westfield Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Tulare County put the typical household earns roughly $71,300 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westfield Elementary is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

The closest other public school is Butterfield Charter, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westfield Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 678 students in 2018 compared to 661 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 68% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.4:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 today.

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