Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 525 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CERES UNIFIED·NCES 060813000789
Westport Elementary
5218 South Carpenter, Modesto, CA 95358 · (209) 556-1700 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
332 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
28.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.4pp since 2014
Math
23.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.8% | 18.6% | 22.8% | 48.8% |
| Math | 9.5% | 14.4% | 23.0% | 53.1% |
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 | 28.4% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 16.7% |
| 2022-23 | 25.9% | 13.2% |
| 2021-22 | 27.6% | 10.6% |
| 2018-19 | 39.2% | 27.5% |
| 2017-18 | 39.8% | 27.2% |
| 2016-17 | 32.9% | 18.6% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Westport Elementary
Westport Elementary's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westport Elementary this school | 364 | 91.2% | 24.6% |
| Volta Elementary Los Banos | 387 | 89.4% | 31.2% |
| Bertrand Avenue Elementary Reseda | 326 | 90.5% | 25.0% |
| Lemay Street Elementary Lake Balboa | 334 | 91.9% | 41.9% |
| Taft Elementary Orange | 387 | 88.9% | 42.4% |
| Sycamore Elementary Orange | 357 | 88.5% | 39.3% |
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 Westport Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #4,124 of 5,151 | #73 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #3,895 of 5,172 ▲ 623 | #67 of 100 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #4,142 of 5,172 ▼ 48 | #73 of 100 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.1pp | #1,099 of 5,116 | #26 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #4,131 of 5,915 | #84 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,937 of 5,352 | #80 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.3% | #4,064 of 5,354 | #81 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #939 of 5,625 | #14 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #1,791 of 3,837 | #14 of 56 |
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
364
-47 (-11%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 364 | 15 | 24.3:1 | 91% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 14 | 25.7:1 | 89% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 15 | 24.3:1 | 90% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 18 | 22.8:1 | 91% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 18 | 24.3:1 | 90% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 18 | 24.8:1 | 90% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | N/A | N/A | 91% (397) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 82% (425) |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 21 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westport Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (438 to 364); teachers down 17% (18 to 15).
About Westport Elementary
Westport Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Modesto, California. Enrollment totals 364 students across kindergarten through 6. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Westport Elementary is one school in Ceres Unified, a system of 23 schools with 13,665 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Westport Elementary is Hispanic, at 85%. The school is also 9% White and 5% Asian. Stanislaus County's residents are about 50% Hispanic, 35 points below the school's share. The diversity index for Westport Elementary is 27%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Westport Elementary comes to 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 24.3:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. On the income side, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 71% average among public schools in Stanislaus County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Westport Elementary would be expected to post about 26.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.6%.
For Stanislaus County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $81,468 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Westport Elementary, Stanislaus County has 190 public schools.
Fairview Elementary, about 2.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Westport Elementary ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
Westport Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
The school shrank from 411 students in 2020-21 to 364 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 22.8:1 to 24.3:1.
Westport Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ceres Unified
- Central Valley HighHigh · 2,317 students
- Ceres HighHigh · 1,660 students
- Cesar Chavez Junior HighMiddle · 685 students
- Lucas ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Caswell ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Virginia Parks ElementaryElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Modesto
- Joseph A. Gregori HighHigh · 2,346 students
- James C. Enochs HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Modesto HighHigh · 2,292 students
- Thomas Downey HighHigh · 2,192 students
- Grace M. Davis HighHigh · 2,083 students
- Peter Johansen HighHigh · 2,029 students
Other Westport Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Westport Elementary. Westport Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Westport ElementaryWestport, MA · 463 students
- WESTPORT ELEM.SPRINGFIELD, MO · 351 students
Nearby schools
- Fairview Elementary2.4 mi · 786
- Bret Harte Elementary3.1 mi · 867
- Evelyn Hanshaw Middle3.3 mi · 650
- Sinclear Elementary3.4 mi · 581
- Robertson Road Elementary3.7 mi · 306
- Harriette Kirschen Elementary3.7 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Westport ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Westport Elementary?
Westport Elementary enrolls approximately 364 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Westport Elementary serve?
Westport Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westport Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westport Elementary is approximately 24.3:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Westport Elementary?
Westport Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 85% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Westport Elementary in?
Westport Elementary is part of Ceres Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.