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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001699
WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3560 58TH ST N, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33710 · (727) 893-2144 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% 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.
- 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.
- ·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
13.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
308 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 45 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
57.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.3% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 56.8% |
% 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 498 | 61.8% | 58.5% |
| SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY ST PETERSBURG | 472 | 62.7% | 51.2% |
| FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 542 | 61.1% | 62.1% |
| WALSINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LARGO | 366 | 61.5% | 65.7% |
| SABAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 493 | 58.4% | 42.2% |
| BELCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 467 | 58.5% | 61.5% |
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 WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #942 of 2,136 | #55 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #822 of 2,149 ▲ 251 | #49 of 90 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #965 of 2,149 ▼ 248 | #60 of 90 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #1,434 of 2,267 | #36 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #292 of 2,077 | #52 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #362 of 2,108 | #25 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.8% | #832 of 2,188 | #31 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #679 of 1,374 | #45 of 75 |
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
498
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 697
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 498 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 62% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 69% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 70% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 60% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 66% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 61% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 67% (437) |
| 2000-01 | 764 | 44 | 17.4:1 | 57% (435) |
| 1990-91 | 697 | 37 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, one of the schools in PINELLAS. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 498 students.
Enrollment across the 151 schools in PINELLAS totals 87,955 students.
White students make up 47% of enrollment at WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 28% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Pinellas County's population at about 74%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.8 students per teacher. The school's 13.8:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 62% of the student body. That is 17 points above the 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County.
WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of Florida public elementary schools.
WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.5%, compared with a predicted 50.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Pinellas County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $72,646 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Pinellas County number 155, with about 87,955 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 3% over 4 years, reaching 498 in 2024-25.
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Pinellas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
963,481
Census ACS
Median income
$72,646
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
87,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PINELLAS
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,934 students
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGHHigh · 1,706 students
Other schools in ST PETERSBURG
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,684 students
- GIBBS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,125 students
- LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 880 students
- JAMES B. SANDERLIN K-8Elementary · 817 students
- TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 799 students
Other Westgate Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Westgate Elementary. WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Westgate Elementary SchoolArlington Heights, IL · 633 students
- Westgate ElementaryFalls Church, VA · 614 students
- Westgate ElementaryEDMONDS, WA · 472 students
- Westgate Elementary SchoolKENNEWICK, WA · 426 students
- Westgate Elementary SchoolLAKEWOOD, CO · 305 students
Nearby schools
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 418
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,934
- PLATO ACADEMY OF ST.PETERSBURG1.1 mi · 374
- TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 799
- BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 427
- SEVENTY-FOURTH ST. ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 498 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 47% White, 28% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.