Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVILLE SD 118·NCES 170561002196
Westhaven Elementary
118 Westhaven School Rd, Belleville, IL 62220 · (618) 257-9201 · St. Clair County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
203 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
53.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.2pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 33.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 Westhaven Elementary
Westhaven Elementary's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westhaven Elementary this school | 313 | 64.9% | 44.2% |
| Charter Oak Primary School Peoria | 337 | 66.8% | 44.1% |
| Signal Hill Elementary School Belleville | 291 | 62.9% | 37.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School DeKalb | 272 | 62.9% | 18.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Belleville | 293 | 70.0% | 32.3% |
| Ellis Elementary School Belleville | 382 | 68.3% | 29.6% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Westhaven Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #769 of 1,925 | #17 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #937 of 2,077 ▼ 244 | #17 of 43 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #875 of 2,077 ▼ 57 | #15 of 43 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #1,464 of 2,419 | #28 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #60 of 2,035 | #2 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #500 of 2,042 | #14 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #879 of 2,132 | #25 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.8% | #144 of 1,461 | #1 of 30 |
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
313
-40 (-11%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 482
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 | 313 | 33.9 | 9.2:1 | 65% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 32.2 | 10.8:1 | 62% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 32.2 | 9.7:1 | 58% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 353 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 29.6 | 15.5:1 | 60% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 56% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 45% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 29 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westhaven Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (459 to 313); teachers up 15% (29.6 to 33.9).
About Westhaven Elementary
Westhaven Elementary operates as a small elementary school in Belleville, Illinois. The school's 313 students are in kindergarten through 6.
Belleville SD 118 has 11 schools and 3,275 students, and Westhaven Elementary is one of those schools.
At 52%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Westhaven Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 30% White, 11% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. County-wide, 28% of St. Clair County residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Westhaven Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
The school reports 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.2 students per teacher. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 65%. That is 11 points above the 54% average for public schools in St. Clair County.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 34.1%. Westhaven Elementary scores 44.2%.
Westhaven Elementary is located in St. Clair County, where median household income is about $73,854, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Westhaven Elementary is one of 96 public schools in St. Clair County, which together enroll about 40,879 students.
The nearest other public school, Central Jr High School, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Westhaven Elementary. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Westhaven Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Westhaven Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 353 in 2020-21 and 313 in 2024-25, a decrease of 40 students.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Westhaven Elementary covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belleville SD 118
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- West Jr High SchoolMiddle · 364 students
- Central Jr High SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
Other schools in Belleville
- Belleville High School-EastHigh · 2,600 students
- Belleville High School-WestHigh · 2,118 students
- Belle Valley SchoolElementary · 997 students
- Whiteside Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Whiteside Middle SchoolMiddle · 475 students
Other Westhaven Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Westhaven Elementary. Westhaven Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Westhaven ElementaryMemphis, TN · 740 students
- Westhaven ElementaryPortsmouth, VA · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Central Jr High School0.2 mi · 308
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.2 mi · 272
- Washington School1.3 mi · 192
- Franklin Elementary School1.8 mi · 172
- Douglas Elementary School1.9 mi · 233
- Henry Raab Elementary School1.9 mi · 154
Frequently asked questions
About Westhaven ElementaryHow many students attend Westhaven Elementary?
Westhaven Elementary enrolls approximately 313 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Westhaven Elementary serve?
Westhaven Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Westhaven Elementary?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at Westhaven Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westhaven Elementary?
At Westhaven Elementary, the student body is approximately 30% White, 5% Hispanic, 52% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Westhaven Elementary?
Westhaven Elementary is overseen by Belleville SD 118 in St. Clair County.
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