Westchester Elementary School

Westchester Elementary School is a small elementary school in Decatur, Georgia. It serves 174 students in pre-K through 2. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 71% smaller than that.

Within City Schools of Decatur, Westchester Elementary School is one of 9 schools. The district enrolls 5,367 students.

Roughly 73% of students at Westchester Elementary School are White. Other reported shares: 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 5% Asian. DeKalb County's residents are about 29% White, 44 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The ratio of students to teachers is 10.4:1, with 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 3.0 students per teacher below the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 6%. The average for public schools in DeKalb County is 77%.

According to the American Community Survey, in DeKalb County, the median household income is $80,644, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Westchester Elementary School is one of 154 public schools in the county.

Clairemont Elementary School is the public school closest to Westchester Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school enrolled 174 students in 2024-25, 61 fewer than the 235 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.4:1.

Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.