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What's the most underrated thing about WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,496
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147007628
WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL
2551 WESTSIDE BLVD, KISSIMMEE, FL 34747 · (407) 390-1748 · Osceola County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,496 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
18.7:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
573 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 49 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 127 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 171 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 169 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 177 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 189 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 222 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 43% smaller than its 8th grade class (222).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
43.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
43.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.1% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 42.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 62% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 K-8 SCHOOL
WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL this school | 1,496 | 38.3% | 45.8% |
| SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 1,015 | 35.6% | 39.9% |
| AIR BASE K-8 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION HOMESTEAD | 1,131 | 33.4% | 81.8% |
| LAKE POINTE ACADEMY CLERMONT | 985 | 41.1% | 43.3% |
| DAVID LAWRENCE JR. K-8 CENTER NORTH MIAMI | 1,246 | 42.8% | 51.7% |
| BOB GRAHAM EDUCATION CENTER MIAMI LAKES | 1,404 | 40.5% | 70.2% |
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 K-8 SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #1,537 of 2,136 | #21 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #1,826 of 2,149 ▼ 82 | #26 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #1,645 of 2,149 ▼ 3 | #29 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,496 | #31 of 2,267 | #2 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,794 of 2,077 | #34 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #1,243 of 2,108 | #25 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.3% | #1,631 of 2,188 | #45 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #949 of 1,374 | #19 of 23 |
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
1,496
-349 (-19%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 1,476
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 1,496 | 80 | 18.7:1 | 38% (573) |
| 2023-24 | 1,405 | 79 | 17.8:1 | 37% (516) |
| 2022-23 | 1,722 | 96.5 | 17.8:1 | 39% (679) |
| 2020-21 | 1,845 | 101 | 18.3:1 | 48% (890) |
| 2017-18 | 1,661 | 91 | 18.3:1 | 49% (818) |
| 2015-16 | 1,556 | 98 | 15.9:1 | 61% (952) |
| 2010-11 | 1,476 | 88 | 16.8:1 | 73% (1,076) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL.
About WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL
Families in KISSIMMEE, Florida, are served by WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL, a large elementary school. Its 1,496 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 148% above the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
Federal data list 83 schools in OSCEOLA, with 75,388 students enrolled.
Hispanic students are the majority at WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL, with 66% of enrollment. The school is also 16% White, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 56%. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL's 80 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.7:1. That is higher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 38%. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Osceola County is 14 points.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, WESTSIDE K-8 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.
A school in Florida with WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 62.0%. WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL scores 45.8%.
Among Osceola County residents, the median household income is $72,637, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL is one of 88 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF POLK, is about 0.7 miles from WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Enrollment declined 19% from its 2020-21 level of 1,845.
Discussions about WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL may include enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
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- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF POLK0.7 mi · 613
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- FOUR CORNERS CHARTER SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,103
- BELLA CITTA3.1 mi · 1,459
- FOUR CORNERS UPPER SCHOOL3.1 mi · 1,401
- LAKE POINTE ACADEMY3.4 mi · 985
Frequently asked questions
About WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOLHow many students attend WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL?
WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,496 students in grades PK-08.
Is WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL is approximately 18.7:1 (80 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL?
WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL reports a student body of 16% White, 66% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL?
WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL is overseen by OSCEOLA in Osceola County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.