West Central Elementary School

As a mid-sized K-5 school in Rome, Georgia, West Central Elementary School teaches 595 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within Rome City.

Rome City runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 6,357 students. West Central Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, West Central Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 13% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, West Central Elementary School lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Floyd County's rate of about 75%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, West Central Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 29.1%, a residual of +3.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Floyd County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,565 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Floyd County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,383 students), of which West Central Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Bob Richards Regional Youth Detention Center, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Central Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

West Central Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 652 students in 2018 compared to 595 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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