Westside Elementary School

Located at 1815 Utility Rd, in Rocky Face, Georgia, Westside Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary campus that instructs 549 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Whitfield County.

Across the 22 schools in Whitfield County (11,942 students total), Westside Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Westside Elementary School records that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Westside Elementary School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westside Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Whitfield County) records that the typical household earns roughly $67,070 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Whitfield County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,570 students), Westside Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Westside Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Westside Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westside Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westside Elementary School has shrank 16%, going from 657 students in 2018 to 549 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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