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What tradition at Westside Union Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS BANOS UNIFIED·NCES 062274008219
Westside Union Elementary
659 K St., Los Banos, CA 93635 · (209) 827-9390 · Merced County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% 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.
- FThree-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
23.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
463 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (85).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
45.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.0pp since 2014
Math
32.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 16 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 | 20.0% | 25.0% | 21.9% | 33.1% |
| Math | 11.1% | 21.3% | 25.5% | 42.1% |
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 | 45.0% | 32.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 32.9% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 37.5% |
| 2021-22 | 55.8% | 35.3% |
| 2018-19 | 53.6% | 48.9% |
| 2017-18 | 43.7% | 37.6% |
| 2016-17 | 45.5% | 41.7% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Westside Union Elementary
Westside Union Elementary's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Union Elementary this school | 573 | 80.8% | 38.9% |
| Conway Elementary Escondido | 547 | 81.0% | 37.3% |
| Cunningham Elementary Turlock | 597 | 79.4% | 18.4% |
| Hawthorne Elementary Ontario | 549 | 82.7% | 34.0% |
| Glen View Elementary Escondido | 548 | 83.0% | 32.4% |
| Los Banos Elementary Los Banos | 622 | 78.6% | 24.9% |
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 Westside Union Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #2,592 of 5,151 | #14 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #2,974 of 5,172 ▼ 190 | #25 of 54 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,449 of 5,172 ▼ 129 | #15 of 54 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.8pp | #322 of 5,116 | #3 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #1,618 of 5,915 | #25 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,648 of 5,352 | #31 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #3,979 of 5,354 | #29 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.8% | #2,114 of 5,625 | #32 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #1,614 of 3,837 | #10 of 35 |
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
573
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 579
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 573 | 24 | 23.9:1 | 81% (463) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 23 | 23.8:1 | 59% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 23 | 25.4:1 | 61% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 24 | 24.6:1 | 62% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 26 | 27.0:1 | 76% (536) |
| 2015-16 | 731 | 26 | 28.1:1 | 83% (608) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | N/A | N/A | 45% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 21 | 27.6:1 | 69% (399) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westside Union Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (701 to 573); teachers down 8% (26 to 24).
About Westside Union Elementary
Westside Union Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Los Banos, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 573 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Los Banos Unified enrolls 11,020 students, and its 16 schools include Westside Union Elementary.
Roughly 83% of students at Westside Union Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups make up 10% White and 3% Asian. County-wide, 63% of Merced County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Westside Union Elementary is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 23.9:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Merced County is similar, at 81%.
Among California public elementary schools, Westside Union Elementary outscored 48%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Westside Union Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.9% and a predicted 32.2%.
For the population of Merced County, median household income comes to about $65,510, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Merced County counts 117 public schools with about 59,456 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Los Banos Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Westside Union Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 590 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 573 by 2024-25.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Merced County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
290,201
Census ACS
Median income
$65,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
59,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Los Banos Unified
- Pacheco HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Los Banos HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Los Banos Junior HighMiddle · 938 students
- Grasslands ElementaryElementary · 884 students
- Creekside Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- R. M. Miano ElementaryElementary · 778 students
Other schools in Los Banos
- Pacheco HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Los Banos HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Los Banos Junior HighMiddle · 938 students
- Grasslands ElementaryElementary · 884 students
- Creekside Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- R. M. Miano ElementaryElementary · 778 students
Nearby schools
- Los Banos Elementary0.1 mi · 622
- Henry Miller Elementary0.6 mi · 676
- San Luis High (Continuation)0.7 mi · 82
- Los Banos High0.7 mi · 1,543
- R. M. Miano Elementary0.8 mi · 778
- Transitional Kindergarten Center0.8 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Westside Union ElementaryHow many students attend Westside Union Elementary?
Westside Union Elementary enrolls approximately 573 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Westside Union Elementary serve?
Westside Union Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Westside Union Elementary?
Approximately 23.9:1 students per teacher at Westside Union Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westside Union Elementary?
At Westside Union Elementary, the student body is approximately 10% White, 83% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Westside Union Elementary?
Westside Union Elementary is overseen by Los Banos Unified in Merced County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.