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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATOOSA COUNTY·NCES 130093000349
West Side Elementary School
72 Braves Ln, Rossville, GA 30741 · (706) 866-9211 · Catoosa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
466 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 74%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
29.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +11.3pp since 2021
Math
35.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.7% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 31.2% |
| 2022-23 | 22.3% | 32.3% |
| 2021-22 | 18.5% | 31.8% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 West Side Elementary School
West Side Elementary School's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Side Elementary School this school | 471 | 98.9% | 29.8% |
| Beaverdale Elementary School Dalton | 488 | 100.0% | 37.8% |
| Rossville Elementary School Rossville | 447 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| Toombs Central Elementary School Lyons | 492 | 98.2% | 56.3% |
| Clarkesville Elementary School Clarkesville | 466 | 100.0% | 44.8% |
| Fairview Elementary School Demorest | 478 | 96.2% | 44.8% |
Matched among Georgia 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 West Side Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Catoosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #808 of 1,208 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #727 of 1,215 ▲ 86 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #725 of 1,215 ▲ 189 | #8 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #245 of 1,183 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #925 of 1,324 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #258 of 1,301 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #797 of 1,301 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #472 of 1,312 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #732 of 854 | #8 of 8 |
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
471
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 471 | 39.5 | 11.9:1 | 99% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 42 | 11.7:1 | 81% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 40.5 | 12.5:1 | 73% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 37 | 13.1:1 | 69% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 36 | 13.7:1 | 76% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 73% (365) |
| 2010-11 | 482 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 63% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 54% (274) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 33 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Side Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (492 to 471); teachers up 10% (36 to 39.5).
About West Side Elementary School
In Rossville, Georgia, West Side Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 471 students. That is 22% below the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
West Side Elementary School is one of 16 schools in Catoosa County, which enrolls 10,134 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show West Side Elementary School is 68% White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 4% Black. The county population is about 88% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
West Side Elementary School lists 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.9 students per teacher. The school's 11.9:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 99% of the student body. The 58% average for public schools in Catoosa County is 41 points lower.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, West Side Elementary School would be expected to post about 26.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.8%.
In Catoosa County, home to about 68,634 people, the median household earns about $74,639 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Catoosa County number 16, with about 10,134 students.
The closest school to West Side Elementary School is Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School, located about 1.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, West Side Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns West Side Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 3%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 13.1 to 11.9 over 4 years.
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Catoosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,634
Census ACS
Median income
$74,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
10,134 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Catoosa County
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Ringgold High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High SchoolHigh · 963 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 858 students
- Ringgold Middle SchoolMiddle · 725 students
- Lakeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
Other schools in Rossville
- Ridgeland High SchoolHigh · 1,284 students
- Lakeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- Stone Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Rossville Elementary SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Rossville Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Cloud Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
Other West Side Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named West Side Elementary. West Side Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 14.
- West Side Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 556 students
- West Side ElementaryPicayune, MS · 444 students
- West Side ElementaryElkhorn, WI · 406 students
- West Side Elementary SchoolJACKSONVILLE, TX · 381 students
- West Side ElementaryElizabethton, TN · 367 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School1.2 mi · 963
- Battlefield Primary1.2 mi · 438
- Battlefield Elementary School1.3 mi · 426
- Cloud Springs Elementary School1.4 mi · 346
- Lakeview Middle School1.9 mi · 647
- East Ridge Middle School2.0 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About West Side Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at West Side Elementary School?
West Side Elementary School enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does West Side Elementary School serve?
West Side Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does West Side Elementary School have?
West Side Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at West Side Elementary School?
Student demographics at West Side Elementary School are roughly 68% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is West Side Elementary School in?
West Side Elementary School is part of Catoosa County.
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