Westview Elem School

Set in Champaign, Illinois, Westview Elem School is a moderately sized elementary-level community, overseen by Champaign CUSD 4. It enrolls 434 students across grades K through 5.

Westview Elem School is one of 18 schools operated by Champaign CUSD 4, a district that enrolls 10,598 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Westview Elem School logs that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 34% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Champaign County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Westview Elem School shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Westview Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Westview Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.6%, the actual is 35.3%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Champaign County) records that median household income runs about $63,683, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Champaign County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,919 students), Westview Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Dr Howard Elem School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westview Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.9%.

Westview Elem School operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 422 students in 2018 compared to 434 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 25% to 39% across the same window.

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