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Westview Elementary School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Westview Elementary School
Westview Elementary School is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Jonesboro, Indiana, one of the schools within Mississinewa Community School Corp, with 513 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 1.
Westview Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Mississinewa Community School Corp, a district that serves 2,453 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Westview Elementary School shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Westview Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Grant County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Grant County put the typical household earns roughly $53,522 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Westview Elementary School is one of 30 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 10,743 students).
R J Baskett Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Looking at the recent track record. Westview Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 481 (now 513). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.
On the community side, the feed for Westview Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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Related schools
- Mississinewa High SchoolHigh · 760 students
- Northview Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 students
- R J Baskett Middle SchoolMiddle · 507 students
- Grant County Special Ed CoopCombined
- R J Baskett Middle School1.0 mi · 507
- Mississinewa High School1.8 mi · 760
- Northview Elementary School2.2 mi · 673
- John L McCulloch Junior High Sch3.6 mi · 455
- Frances Slocum Elem School4.1 mi · 473
- Marion High School4.4 mi · 1,058