WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL

WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL is one of the heavily attended K-5 schools in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida, operated by ST. LUCIE, with 1,639 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL sits 171% above that benchmark.

WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL is one of 53 schools operated by ST. LUCIE, a district that educates 49,308 students overall.

On demographics, WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% Black, 28% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, St. Lucie County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.9%, the actual is 59.3%, a residual of +3.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for St. Lucie County shows median household earnings sit near $71,457, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across St. Lucie County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 55.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 24% since 2018, when it stood at 1,325 (now 1,639). The White share of enrollment edged down from 41% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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