West Side Elementary School

West Side Elementary School is a primary school of cozy scale in Rossville, Georgia, part of Catoosa County, caters to 471 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 22% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Across the 16 schools in Catoosa County (10,134 students total), West Side Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, West Side Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the resource side, West Side Elementary School lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting West Side Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at West Side Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Catoosa County (around 58%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West Side Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Catoosa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,639 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Catoosa County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,134 students), of which West Side Elementary School is one.

Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, West Side Elementary School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.7%.

West Side Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 492 students in 2018 compared to 471 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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