Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 299 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTWOOD COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193147001835
Westwood Elementary School
1000 Rebel Way, Sloan, IA 51055 · (712) 428-3200 · Woodbury County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Iowa public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
137 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 41%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Westwood Elementary School→Westwood High School
Based on grade levels within Westwood Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
84.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
81.1%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.6% | 81.1% |
| 2023-24 | 81.1% | 74.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 Westwood Elementary School
Westwood Elementary School's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Elementary School this school | 322 | 42.5% | 79.3% |
| Nodaway Valley Elementary School Greenfield | 312 | 41.3% | 75.0% |
| Sigourney Elementary Sigourney | 318 | 41.5% | 70.1% |
| WACO Elementary School Crawfordsville | 317 | 42.9% | N/A |
| Iowa Valley Elementary School Marengo | 314 | 41.1% | 78.6% |
| West Monona Elementary Onawa | 352 | 44.3% | 68.9% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Westwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Woodbury County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #146 of 564 | #4 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #199 of 564 ▲ 106 | #4 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.6% | #72 of 564 ▲ 20 | #2 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #334 of 705 | #14 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #34 of 561 | #2 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.2% | #401 of 561 | #16 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #325 of 666 | #12 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #255 of 359 | #7 of 11 |
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
322
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 322 | 29.6 | 10.9:1 | 43% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 30.4 | 10.9:1 | 43% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 27.4 | 12.3:1 | 39% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 38% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 24.7 | 14.1:1 | 34% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 24 | 13.7:1 | 34% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 37% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 30% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 26 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (347 to 322); teachers up 20% (24.7 to 29.6).
About Westwood Elementary School
Westwood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Sloan, Iowa. The school offers pre-K through 6 and enrolls 322 students.
Westwood Comm School District counts 597 students in its 2 schools, and Westwood Elementary School is one of them.
The share of White students at Westwood Elementary School is 88%. Next come 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 71% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Westwood Elementary School scores 22%.
Westwood Elementary School reports a ratio of 10.9 students per teacher, from 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa is 2.8 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Westwood Elementary School, 43% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Woodbury County, the school's rate is lower.
Westwood Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 83% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Westwood Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (79.3%) and its predicted rate (70.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools.
In the wider Woodbury County area, median household income comes to about $73,658, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Woodbury County counts 37 public schools with about 18,210 students.
Of the public schools around it, Westwood Elementary School is closest to Westwood High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 3 other public schools within ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Westwood Elementary School at 3rd of 5.
For locale, NCES codes Westwood Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 318 in 2020-21 and 322 in 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 13.8:1 to 10.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Woodbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,247
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westwood Comm School District
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 275 students
Other Westwood Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 20 states are named Westwood Elementary. Westwood Elementary School is the 31st largest of the 37.
- Westwood Elementary SchoolAnkeny, IA · 551 students
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGREENWOOD, AR · 839 students
- Westwood ElementarySan Diego, CA · 832 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolStillwater, OK · 626 students
- Westwood ElementaryDe Pere, WI · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Westwood High School0.0 mi · 275
- Whiting Elementary School7.8 mi · 78
- Whiting Senior High School7.8 mi · 61
- UMO N HO N NATION MIDDLE SCH10.7 mi · 106
- UMO N HO N NATION HIGH SCHOOL10.7 mi · 170
- UMO N HO N NATION ELEM SCHOOL10.7 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Westwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Westwood Elementary School?
Westwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Westwood Elementary School serve?
Westwood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Westwood Elementary School?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Westwood Elementary School.
How diverse is Westwood Elementary School?
Westwood Elementary School reports a student body of 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Westwood Elementary School?
Westwood Elementary School is overseen by Westwood Comm School District in Woodbury County.
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