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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENDRY·NCES 120078000886
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
205 ARROYO AVE, CLEWISTON, FL 33440 · (863) 983-1570 · Hendry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
372 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
58.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
75.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +17.1pp 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 76 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
480
-39 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 16.2:1
% White
16%
was 14%
% Hispanic
63%
was 60%
% Black
19%
was 22%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a small elementary school in CLEWISTON, Florida, part of HENDRY. Current enrollment sits at 480 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
Within HENDRY, which oversees 13 schools and 13,430 students, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Black, 16% White.
On the resource side, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 78% of students at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hendry County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 42.3%; WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 57.9%, +15.6 points above that line.
In the area at large, Hendry County reports that median household income runs about $56,393, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 16 public schools in Hendry County (combined enrollment of about 7,592 students).
Nearest neighbor: EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.
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Hendry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,382
Census ACS
Median income
$56,393
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HENDRY
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- LABELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,422 students
- CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 966 students
- COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 935 students
- LABELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 830 students
- CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
Other schools in CLEWISTON
- CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 966 students
- CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 547 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
- Ahfachkee Day SchoolCombined · 231 students
- MONTURA EARLY LEARNING CENTERElementary · 22 students
Nearby schools
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 477
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 547
- CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 966
- CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 679
- MOORE HAVEN MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL.11.8 mi · 498
- MOORE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.9 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 480 students in grades PK-05.
Is WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 16% White, 63% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HENDRY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.