Westlake Elementary

Westlake Elementary is one of the tight-knit elementary-level communitys in Daly City, California, operated by Jefferson Elementary, with 321 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Westlake Elementary is one of 20 schools operated by Jefferson Elementary, a district that hosts 8,072 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westlake Elementary logs that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 38% Asian, 13% White, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above San Mateo County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westlake Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.0%, the actual is 33.8%, a residual of -13.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Mateo County shows median household income runs about $158,855, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Mateo County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), Westlake Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Benjamin Franklin Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westlake Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 376 students in 2018 compared to 321 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 24% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.