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If you had an hour of school board time for WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
774
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192001984
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1700 5TH ST, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32117 · (386) 274-3400 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL774 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
649 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 155 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
39.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.3% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 28.4% |
% 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 774 | 83.9% | 35.8% |
| PALM TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAYTONA BEACH | 697 | 81.8% | 34.5% |
| MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 635 | 82.2% | 41.5% |
| OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 631 | 83.7% | 28.3% |
| SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8 SCHOOL TAMPA | 678 | 84.5% | 29.6% |
| MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SANFORD | 789 | 84.7% | 48.3% |
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 WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,956 of 2,136 | #46 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #1,978 of 2,149 ▲ 110 | #45 of 48 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #1,802 of 2,149 ▲ 138 | #46 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 774 | #528 of 2,267 | #7 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,823 of 2,077 | #44 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #822 of 2,108 | #23 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.9% | #80 of 2,188 | #2 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.7% | #123 of 621 | #4 of 17 |
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
774
+273 (+54%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 774 | 41 | 18.9:1 | 84% (649) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 45 | 15.6:1 | 90% (635) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 39 | 16.3:1 | 83% (527) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 38 | 13.2:1 | 75% (375) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 47 | 12.9:1 | 93% (566) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 96% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 34 | 11.7:1 | 93% (369) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 39 | 12.9:1 | 92% (460) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 33 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in DAYTONA BEACH, Florida. The school enrolls 774 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
Besides WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, VOLUSIA runs 86 other schools. The district enrolls 61,765 students.
Black students make up a majority at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 57%. Other students are 18% Hispanic, 15% White, and 9% multiracial. That is higher than the 11% Black share among all Volusia County residents. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 18.9 students per teacher. That is 1.4 students per teacher above the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 84% of students. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in Volusia County is 31 points.
The model predicts 39.1% for a school in Florida with WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 35.8%.
Volusia County has these Census figures: the median household income is $70,044, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. In all, Volusia County has 90 public schools and roughly 61,765 students.
The next-closest public school is HALIFAX BEHAVIORAL SERVICES, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school counted 501 students in 2020-21 and 774 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 18.9:1, from 13.2:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Volusia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,622
Census ACS
Median income
$70,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
90
61,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VOLUSIA
- DELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,936 students
- UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,855 students
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,576 students
- MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,964 students
- DELTONA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,716 students
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,687 students
Other schools in DAYTONA BEACH
- MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,964 students
- SEABREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,587 students
- CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 962 students
- DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 922 students
- RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMYHigh · 771 students
- PALM TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 697 students
Other Westside Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 19 states are named Westside Elementary. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 41.
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 984 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE CITY, FL · 695 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGLEN ST MARY, FL · 616 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSPRING HILL, FL · 512 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLEWISTON, FL · 480 students
Nearby schools
- HALIFAX BEHAVIORAL SERVICES0.7 mi · 9
- AMIKIDS VOLUSIA0.9 mi · 22
- RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY1.4 mi · 771
- DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 922
- PALM TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 697
- HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 774 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 teachers does WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 15% White, 18% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by VOLUSIA in Volusia County.
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