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Enrollment
984
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015003294
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2175 DEGROODT RD SW, PALM BAY, FL 32908 · (321) 956-5050 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL984 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.9:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
461 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 44 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 149 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 163 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (163).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
58.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.2pp since 2023
What 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 52 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 52.9% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 (53.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 984 | 46.8% | 53.5% |
| LAKE COMO SCHOOL ORLANDO | 928 | 44.5% | 58.9% |
| CROWN POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 785 | 47.3% | 51.0% |
| DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN JACKSONVILLE | 856 | 46.6% | 53.9% |
| IMAGINE SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR CAMPUS BOYNTON BEACH | 1,047 | 52.8% | 59.1% |
| RYMFIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM COAST | 967 | 49.0% | 57.2% |
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 Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,151 of 2,136 | #40 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #1,480 of 2,149 ▼ 227 | #44 of 66 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #916 of 2,149 ▲ 28 | #34 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 984 | #205 of 2,267 | #2 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #664 of 2,077 | #46 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #172 of 2,108 | #9 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #1,392 of 2,188 | #36 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.2% | #100 of 621 | #3 of 15 |
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
984
+317 (+48%) vs 2020
+15% since 2000-01, when it was 859
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 984 | 65.8 | 14.9:1 | 47% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 867 | 52.8 | 16.4:1 | 49% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 798 | 48 | 16.6:1 | 53% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 667 | 43 | 15.5:1 | 63% (419) |
| 2017-18 | 733 | 50 | 14.7:1 | 56% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 50 | 14.0:1 | 61% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 779 | 56 | 13.9:1 | 56% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 859 | 49 | 17.5:1 | 48% (409) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in PALM BAY, Florida, in Brevard County. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 984 students. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 63% higher.
In BREVARD, 109 schools enroll a combined 73,587 students.
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 41%. After that, the student body is 25% Black, 23% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among all residents of Brevard County, the White share is about 73%. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 65.8 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. Around 47% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Brevard County has these Census figures: median household income is about $78,476, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 113 public schools in Brevard County.
The closest public school to WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 53.5% is above the 49.8% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts for WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: 667 students in 2020-21, 984 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered.
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Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BREVARD
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,579 students
Other schools in PALM BAY
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,065 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 997 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 907 students
Other Westside Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 19 states are named Westside Elementary. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 41.
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDAYTONA BEACH, FL · 774 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
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 2,122
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,917
- ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY2.6 mi · 462
- COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 576
- JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 600
- JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 856
Frequently asked questions
About WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 984 students in grades PK-06.
Is WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 66 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 41% White, 23% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
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