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Enrollment
1,639
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177005371
WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL
1050 NW CASHMERE BLVD, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34986 · (772) 807-7600 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,639 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
828 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 126 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 144 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 151 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 178 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 149 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 173 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 210 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 237 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 259 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 51% smaller than its 8th grade class (259).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
68.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 68.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 60.8% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL
WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL this school | 1,639 | 50.5% | 59.3% |
| PALM POINTE K8 SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,597 | 49.7% | 76.1% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE PORT ST LUCIE | 1,413 | 56.0% | 52.2% |
| CITRUS COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 1,137 | 48.7% | 62.7% |
| ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 PORT ST LUCIE | 1,347 | 56.9% | 57.1% |
| AURELIA M. COLE ACADEMY CLERMONT | 1,500 | 43.4% | 51.9% |
Matched among Florida 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 WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #899 of 2,136 | #6 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #696 of 2,149 ▲ 217 | #5 of 31 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #864 of 2,149 ▲ 98 | #6 of 31 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,639 | #19 of 2,267 | #4 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,653 of 2,077 | #19 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #123 of 2,108 | #2 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #1,282 of 2,188 | #29 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.7% | #159 of 621 | #5 of 22 |
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
1,639
+265 (+19%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 1,353
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 1,639 | 92 | 17.8:1 | 51% (828) |
| 2023-24 | 1,582 | 87 | 18.2:1 | 49% (781) |
| 2022-23 | 1,522 | 85 | 17.9:1 | 59% (903) |
| 2020-21 | 1,374 | 78 | 17.6:1 | 58% (795) |
| 2017-18 | 1,325 | 81 | 16.4:1 | 51% (679) |
| 2015-16 | 1,262 | 83 | 15.2:1 | 58% (728) |
| 2010-11 | 1,353 | 91 | 14.9:1 | 48% (644) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL.
About WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL
WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL is a large elementary school with its address in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida. The school counts 1,639 students across pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
ST. LUCIE (53 schools, 49,308 students) runs WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL.
Enrollment at WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 34%. It is also 30% Black, 28% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of St. Lucie County is roughly 22% Hispanic. WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 92 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.8:1. Elementary schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 51%.
allk12 grades WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (59.3%) and its predicted rate (55.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for St. Lucie County show that median household income is about $71,457, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL is one of 57 public schools in St. Lucie County, which together enroll about 50,809 students.
The closest public school to WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL is PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 55.0%, lower than WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL's 59.3%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 1,374 to 1,639.
Community posts for WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
Other schools in PORT ST LUCIE
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-8Elementary · 1,700 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,662 students
Nearby schools
- PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 553
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE1.1 mi · 1,413
- SOMERSET CAREER ACADEMY1.4 mi · 40
- SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.4 mi · 1,463
- NORTHPORT K-8 SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,206
- SOMERSET ACADEMY BETHANY1.8 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOLHow large is WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL?
WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,639 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL serve?
WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL is approximately 17.8:1 (92 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL are roughly 28% White, 34% Hispanic, 30% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL in?
WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL is part of ST. LUCIE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.