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Enrollment
625
Elementary
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COFFEE COUNTY·NCES 130135000579
Westside Elementary School
311 Westside Dr, Douglas, GA 31533 · (912) 384-5506 · Coffee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL625 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Georgia 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
625 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 60 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Westside Elementary School→Coffee Middle School
Based on grade levels within Coffee County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
28.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.4pp since 2021
Math
31.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.9% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 38.6% |
| 2022-23 | 28.4% | 42.5% |
| 2021-22 | 22.5% | 32.0% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 Westside Elementary School
Westside Elementary School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Elementary School this school | 625 | 100.0% | 34.5% |
| Southside Elementary School Cairo | 610 | 100.0% | 30.8% |
| Parkwood Elementary School Warner Robins | 683 | 100.0% | 23.3% |
| Ethel W. Kight Elementary School Lagrange | 656 | 97.3% | 30.3% |
| Westside Elementary School Warner Robins | 543 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| Dunwoody Springs Elementary School Atlanta | 548 | 100.0% | 38.7% |
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 Westside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Coffee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #684 of 1,208 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #831 of 1,215 ▼ 190 | #6 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #754 of 1,215 ▲ 45 | #5 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #542 of 1,183 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 625 | #539 of 1,324 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #702 of 1,301 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #246 of 1,301 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #131 of 1,312 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #236 of 386 | N/A |
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
625
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 853
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 625 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 100% (625) |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 41.2 | 15.4:1 | 100% (636) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 42.3 | 14.6:1 | 96% (594) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 98% (599) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 39.7 | 14.7:1 | 90% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 90% (523) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 72% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 628 | 37 | 17.0:1 | 62% (389) |
| 1990-91 | 853 | 49 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (583 to 625); teachers up 16% (39.7 to 46).
About Westside Elementary School
Westside Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Coffee County, located in Douglas, Georgia. Enrollment is 625 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
District-wide, Coffee County has 12 schools and 7,640 students.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Westside Elementary School, at 49%. Enrollment also includes 25% Hispanic, 18% White, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Coffee County, the Black share is about 28%. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 46 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.6:1. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Westside Elementary School is 100%. For comparison, public schools in Coffee County average 100%.
Westside Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 56% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Westside Elementary School, the prediction is 25.7% and the result is 34.5%.
Census estimates describe Coffee County this way: the median household income is $50,683, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Westside Elementary School, Coffee County has 11 other public schools.
The closest public school to Westside Elementary School is Wiregrass Regional College and Career Academy, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Westside Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 613 in 2020-21, 625 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Coffee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,347
Census ACS
Median income
$50,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
7,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coffee County
- Coffee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,591 students
- Coffee County High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- Indian Creek ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Satilla Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- George Washington Carver Freshman CampusHigh · 493 students
Other schools in Douglas
- Coffee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,591 students
- Coffee County High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- Indian Creek ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Satilla Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- George Washington Carver Freshman CampusHigh · 493 students
Other Westside Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 19 states are named Westside Elementary. Westside Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 41.
- Westside Elementary SchoolValdosta, GA · 904 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolCedartown, GA · 588 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolRocky Face, GA · 549 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolWarner Robins, GA · 543 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolANGLETON, TX · 1,029 students
Nearby schools
- Wiregrass Regional College and Career Academy0.9 mi · 215
- Eastside Elementary School1.4 mi · 575
- George Washington Carver Freshman Campus1.6 mi · 493
- Indian Creek Elementary1.9 mi · 675
- Coffee Middle School2.5 mi · 1,591
- Coffee County High School2.8 mi · 1,373
Frequently asked questions
About Westside Elementary SchoolHow large is Westside Elementary School?
Westside Elementary School enrolls approximately 625 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Westside Elementary School serve?
Westside Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Westside Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Westside Elementary School.
How diverse is Westside Elementary School?
Westside Elementary School reports a student body of 18% White, 25% Hispanic, 49% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Westside Elementary School?
Westside Elementary School is overseen by Coffee County in Coffee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.