WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the high-enrollment K-5 schools in PALM BAY, Florida, part of BREVARD, with 984 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 63% above that benchmark.

BREVARD runs 109 schools in total, collectively educating 73,587 students. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 25% Black, 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Brevard County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Brevard County shows median household earnings sit near $78,476, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Brevard County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), of which WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 34%, going from 733 students in 2018 to 984 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 54% to 41% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.