WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in LAKE CITY, Florida, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, operated by COLUMBIA. It works with 695 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within COLUMBIA, which oversees 16 schools and 9,815 students, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 14% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Columbia County (around 55%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.2%, the actual is 71.0%, a residual of +11.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Columbia County indicate median household income runs about $59,205, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Columbia County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,815 students), of which WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PINEMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 2.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.9%.

WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 746 (now 695). Class-load math has grew: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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