WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in ARCADIA, Florida, part of DESOTO, with 622 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in DESOTO (4,171 students total), WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 38% White, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for DeSoto County indicate median household earnings sit near $54,417, about 11% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 11 public schools in DeSoto County (combined enrollment of about 4,171 students).

Nearest neighbor: DESOTO VIRTUAL FRANCHISE, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 41.4%.

WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 23% since 2018, when it stood at 804 (now 622). Hispanic enrollment moved from 37% to 49% across the same window.

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