Westfield School

Westfield School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, part of Winthrop Harbor SD 1. Current enrollment sits at 346 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Within Winthrop Harbor SD 1, which oversees 2 schools and 586 students, Westfield School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Westfield School lists that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 38% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Westfield School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.3%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of -4.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $110,416, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westfield School is one of 214 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Prairie Jr High, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westfield School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 22.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 23%: 282 students in 2018 compared to 346 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 62% to 44%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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