Westwood Elementary

Westwood Elementary operates as a sizable elementary campus in San Diego, California, run under Poway Unified. Current enrollment sits at 832 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 79% above the state mean of about 465.

Poway Unified runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 34,259 students. Westwood Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Westwood Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 31% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Westwood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.1%; this one delivers 74.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household income runs about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Westwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Poway to Palomar Middle College High, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westwood Elementary. On composite proficiency, Westwood Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 72.7%.

Westwood Elementary operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 823 students in 2018 compared to 832 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment grew from 23% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.