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What's one thing Westside Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
904
Elementary
DISTRICT 725 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWNDES COUNTY·NCES 130339003788
Westside Elementary School
2470 James Rd, Valdosta, GA 31601 · (229) 245-2289 · Lowndes County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL904 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
589 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 71 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 138 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 146 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 161 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (141).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
56.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.5pp since 2021
Math
68.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 67.9% |
| 2022-23 | 56.4% | 66.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 67.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 (64.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Elementary School this school | 904 | 65.2% | 64.4% |
| Springfield Elementary School Springfield | 876 | 64.5% | 58.0% |
| Kinchafoonee Primary School Leesburg | 853 | 63.7% | N/A |
| Guyton Elementary School Guyton | 800 | 66.3% | 45.5% |
| Nebo Elementary School Dallas | 874 | 60.1% | 34.7% |
| Atha Road Elementary School Monroe | 771 | 59.5% | 44.1% |
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 Lowndes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #149 of 1,208 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #148 of 1,215 ▼ 1 | #2 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #176 of 1,215 ▲ 53 | #1 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #693 of 1,183 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 904 | #136 of 1,324 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #945 of 1,301 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #484 of 1,301 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.2% | #883 of 1,312 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #807 of 854 | #11 of 11 |
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
904
-12 (-1%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 839
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 904 | 63 | 14.3:1 | 65% (589) |
| 2023-24 | 926 | 61 | 15.2:1 | 51% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 937 | 63 | 14.9:1 | 41% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 916 | 61 | 15.0:1 | 37% (337) |
| 2017-18 | 921 | 56.5 | 16.3:1 | 38% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 885 | 49 | 18.1:1 | 36% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | 49 | 17.1:1 | 32% (269) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (921 to 904); teachers up 12% (56.5 to 63).
About Westside Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Westside Elementary School serves students in Valdosta, Georgia. The school counted 904 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That is 49% above the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Westside Elementary School reports to Lowndes County, which has 11 schools and 10,618 students.
The largest group at Westside Elementary School is White students, at 58%. Other groups make up 21% Black, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
With 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.3:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 1.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 65% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Lowndes County average 80%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Westside Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia schools. It scores 64.4%; the prediction is 43.7%.
For Lowndes County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $58,541, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. There are 20 public schools in the county, enrolling about 19,812, Westside Elementary School among them.
Westside Elementary School is about 1.2 miles from Lowndes High School, its nearest public school. Westside Elementary School has 6 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 29.5% on proficiency, and Westside Elementary School is above that at 64.4%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Federal data show 916 students in 2020-21 and 904 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
The allk12 page for Westside Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
119,965
Census ACS
Median income
$58,541
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
19,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lowndes County
- Lowndes High SchoolHigh · 3,152 students
- Hahira Middle SchoolMiddle · 843 students
- Dewar ElementaryElementary · 821 students
- Lowndes Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Hahira Elementary SchoolElementary · 782 students
- Pine Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
Other schools in Valdosta
- Lowndes High SchoolHigh · 3,152 students
- Valdosta High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Sallas Mahone ElementaryElementary · 1,045 students
- Valdosta Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- W.G. Nunn ElementaryElementary · 974 students
- Scintilla Charter AcademyCombined · 947 students
Other Westside Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 19 states are named Westside Elementary. Westside Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 41.
- Westside Elementary SchoolDouglas, GA · 625 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
- Lowndes High School1.2 mi · 3,152
- S.L. Mason Elementary School2.3 mi · 881
- Pinevale Elementary School3.8 mi · 565
- Valdosta Middle School4.0 mi · 1,024
- Lowndes Middle School4.6 mi · 818
- W.G. Nunn Elementary4.9 mi · 974
Frequently asked questions
About Westside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Westside Elementary School?
Westside Elementary School enrolls approximately 904 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Westside Elementary School serve?
Westside Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Westside Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Westside Elementary School.
How diverse is Westside Elementary School?
Westside Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 11% Hispanic, 21% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Westside Elementary School?
Westside Elementary School is overseen by Lowndes County in Lowndes County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.