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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITFIELD COUNTY·NCES 130570001827
Westside Elementary School
1815 Utility Rd, Rocky Face, GA 30740 · (706) 673-6531 · Whitfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
457 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
35.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.3pp since 2021
Math
47.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.6% | 47.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 41.5% |
| 2022-23 | 38.5% | 39.7% |
| 2021-22 | 39.9% | 40.9% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 (41.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Elementary School this school | 549 | 83.2% | 41.4% |
| Midway Elementary School Blackshear | 484 | 81.0% | 69.6% |
| Banks County Elementary School Homer | 651 | 86.9% | 32.9% |
| Oglethorpe County Elementary School Lexington | 521 | 86.0% | 43.5% |
| Sonoraville Elementary Calhoun | 584 | 90.4% | 51.0% |
| Nevils Elementary School Statesboro | 481 | 79.2% | 56.5% |
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 Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #521 of 1,208 | #8 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #454 of 1,215 ▲ 111 | #7 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #577 of 1,215 ▼ 144 | #9 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #667 of 1,183 | #11 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #736 of 1,324 | #7 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #491 of 1,301 | #16 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #928 of 1,301 | #13 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.2% | #672 of 1,312 | #14 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #326 of 854 | #5 of 16 |
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
549
-56 (-9%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 549 | 42.6 | 12.9:1 | 83% (457) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 39.7 | 13.8:1 | 66% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 43.7 | 12.7:1 | 56% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 51% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 657 | 41.5 | 15.8:1 | 57% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 58% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | 42 | 17.0:1 | 51% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 756 | 42 | 18.0:1 | 37% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 645 | 38 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (657 to 549); teachers up 3% (41.5 to 42.6).
About Westside Elementary School
Westside Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Rocky Face, Georgia, under Whitfield County. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 549 students on the rolls.
Whitfield County counts 22 schools and 11,942 students, including Westside Elementary School.
The student body at Westside Elementary School is 75% White. It is also 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Whitfield County's residents are about 65% White, 10 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at Westside Elementary School are from different groups.
Westside Elementary School has 42.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is close to this figure. At Westside Elementary School, 83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Whitfield County is close, at 83%.
Westside Elementary School is 7.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (41.4% versus 34.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
The county, Whitfield County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $67,070, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 33, with about 19,570 students.
Westside Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Westside Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Westside Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
Westside Elementary School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 549, from 605 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.1 to 12.9 over 4 years.
On allk12, people connected to Westside Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Whitfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,598
Census ACS
Median income
$67,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitfield County
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Northwest Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Eastbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
Other Westside Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 19 states are named Westside Elementary. Westside Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 41.
- Westside Elementary SchoolValdosta, GA · 904 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolDouglas, GA · 625 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolCedartown, GA · 588 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolWarner Robins, GA · 543 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolANGLETON, TX · 1,029 students
Nearby schools
- Westside Middle School0.2 mi · 428
- Dalton High School3.6 mi · 1,919
- Westwood Elementary School4.2 mi · 605
- Tunnel Hill Elementary School4.4 mi · 297
- City Park Elementary School4.4 mi · 707
- Dug Gap Elementary School4.4 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Westside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Westside Elementary School?
Westside Elementary School enrolls approximately 549 students in grades PK-05.
Is Westside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Westside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westside Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westside Elementary School?
At Westside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Westside Elementary School in?
Westside Elementary School is part of Whitfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.