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WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 1 PANTHER CIR, in GLEN ST MARY, Florida, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary campus that enrolls 616 students (grades 1 through 5), run under BAKER.
BAKER runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,763 students. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Beyond that, the school shows 10% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.
In terms of school funding signals, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Baker County (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.4%.
Zooming out to the county, Baker County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,836 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Baker County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,763 students), of which WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is BAKER COUNTY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 11%: 556 students in 2018 compared to 616 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.
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