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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001494
WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1101 GOLF AVE, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 · (561) 653-5200 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-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
13.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
384 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
41.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
38.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 38.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 37.1% |
% 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 512 | 75.0% | 40.3% |
| DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY RIVIERA BEACH | 529 | 75.8% | 31.8% |
| U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY WEST PALM BEACH | 496 | 74.8% | 53.1% |
| WEST OAKS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 494 | 75.5% | 43.5% |
| HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 619 | 73.7% | 44.2% |
| ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 479 | 76.6% | 39.5% |
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 WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #1,792 of 2,136 | #108 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #1,959 of 2,149 ▼ 41 | #117 of 129 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #1,705 of 2,149 ▼ 159 | #88 of 129 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #1,373 of 2,267 | #100 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #158 of 2,077 | #6 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #1,915 of 2,108 | #124 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.0% | #277 of 2,188 | #21 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #430 of 1,374 | #10 of 77 |
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
512
+18 (+4%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 512 | 39 | 13.1:1 | 75% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 77% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 81% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 91% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 653 | 53 | 12.3:1 | 91% (594) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 55 | 10.3:1 | 93% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | 51 | 13.6:1 | 83% (573) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 45 | 15.6:1 | 85% (598) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 43 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. Its 512 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
The 233 schools of PALM BEACH, including WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, enroll 191,505 students.
Black students are the large majority at WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 86% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% Hispanic and 3% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County residents are about 19% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
Federal staffing data show 39 full-time-equivalent teachers at WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 13.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 75% of enrollment. That rate is above the 45% average among public schools in Palm Beach County.
allk12 grades WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 43.6%. WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 40.3%.
WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Palm Beach County, where median household income is about $83,581, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County, which together enroll about 192,831 students.
Of nearby public schools, ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 51.7%, higher than WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 40.3%.
WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
The number of students climbed from 494 to 512 over 4 years.
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Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in WEST PALM BEACH
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,163 students
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,923 students
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,397 students
- ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 1,352 students
- BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTSMiddle · 1,246 students
Other Westward Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Westward Elementary. WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNELIGH, NE · 115 students
Nearby schools
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 315
- UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH0.6 mi · 246
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 793
- U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 496
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WEST PALM BEACH1.1 mi · 1,014
- ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS1.3 mi · 1,352
Frequently asked questions
About WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 9% Hispanic, 86% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.