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Westview Elementary School

1715 S 600 W, Topeka, IN 46571 · (260) 768-7717 · LaGrange County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Indiana public middle schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools

Enrollment
348
Middle
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 594
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
104 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 517450%
Grade 617450%
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
33596%
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 62% · US 43%
Hispanic
62%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
62%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
18052%
Female
16848%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Westview Elementary School→Westview Jr-Sr High School
Feeds from
Shipshewana-Scott Elementary SchKG–04Topeka Elementary SchoolKG–04
Based on grade levels within Westview School Corporation. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above Proficiency
English Language Arts
55.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
69.3%
IN avg 41.1%

What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.

Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Westview Elementary School

Westview Elementary School's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Westview Elementary School this school34829.9%60.1%
Cascade Middle School
Clayton
33229.5%45.5%
Adams Central Middle School
Monroe
32428.7%58.1%
Northwestern Middle School
Kokomo
32433.0%46.0%
Lapel Middle School
Lapel
33534.6%33.1%
Indian Creek Middle School
Trafalgar
50330.6%46.5%
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Westview Elementary School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Indiana
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
60.1%#27 of 324
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
69.3%#9 of 325
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
55.4%#41 of 325
Enrollment
ranked largest first
348#257 of 334
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.8:1#151 of 314
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
7.3%#314 of 315
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
29.9%#284 of 330
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-10.3%#94 of 187
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25
Enrollment
348
-22 (-6%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2534823.514.8:130% (104)
2023-2433023.514.0:137% (121)
2022-2333926.512.8:130% (103)
2020-213702514.8:126% (98)
2017-1838824.515.8:128% (108)
2015-163952317.2:143% (169)
2010-114312318.7:148% (208)
2000-013772316.4:115% (56)
1990-913281719.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westview Elementary School.

About Westview Elementary School

Located in Topeka, Indiana, Westview Elementary School is a small middle school. The school reports 348 students in grades 5 through 6. The school's enrollment is 41% smaller than the 594 average for middle schools in Indiana.

Westview School Corporation includes 5 schools. Together they enroll 1,931 students.

Most students at Westview Elementary School are White: 96% of enrollment. County-wide, about 94% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Westview Elementary School comes in at 7%.

Westview Elementary School counts 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.8 students for each one. The 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana is higher than this school's figure. About 30% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. On average, public schools in LaGrange County report 40%.

Westview Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 93% of Indiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

The model predicts 54.4% for a school in Indiana with Westview Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Westview Elementary School posts 60.1%.

LaGrange County has about 40,805 residents, and median household income is about $84,487, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 12% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 13 public schools in LaGrange County, with a combined enrollment of about 4,769.

Westview Jr-Sr High School is located about 0.2 miles from Westview Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 3. The nearest schools with test data average 54.0%, lower than Westview Elementary School's 60.1%.

Under the NCES locale system, Westview Elementary School is Rural: Distant.

Enrollment was 370 in 2020-21 and 348 in 2024-25, a decrease of 22 students.

Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.

LaGrange County at a glance

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Population
40,805
Census ACS
Median income
$84,487
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,769 students

Quick facts

School name
Westview Elementary School
District
Westview School Corporation
Address
1715 S 600 W, Topeka, IN 46571
Phone
(260) 768-7717
County
LaGrange County
Level
Middle
Grade range
05–06
Total enrollment
348
Teachers (FTE)
24
Student–teacher ratio
14.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
104 (30%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
181311002365
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Westview School Corporation
Other schools in Topeka
Other Westview Elementary schools

17 other US public schools in 13 states are named Westview Elementary. Westview Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 18.

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Frequently asked questions

About Westview Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Westview Elementary School?
Westview Elementary School enrolls approximately 348 students in grades 05-06.
Is Westview Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Westview Elementary School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Westview Elementary School have?
Westview Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westview Elementary School?
At Westview Elementary School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Westview Elementary School public or private?
Westview Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westview School Corporation.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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