Westfield Elementary School

As a moderately sized primary school in Robins, Iowa, Westfield Elementary School hosts 445 students from grades K through 4, one of the schools within Linn-Mar Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 37% above the state mean of about 325.

Across the 12 schools in Linn-Mar Comm School District (7,361 students total), Westfield Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Westfield Elementary School records that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 29% Asian, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Linn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Westfield Elementary School records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Linn County (around 40%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Westfield Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 82.4%; this one delivers 85.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Linn County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,649 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Linn County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students), of which Westfield Elementary School is one.

Nixon Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westfield Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 77.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westfield Elementary School has fell 19%, going from 548 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 16% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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