WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY

WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY, a moderately sized K-5 school in BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota, operated by Bloomington Public Schools, caters to 339 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY is one of 22 schools operated by Bloomington Public Schools, a district that enrolls 10,442 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% Black, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.8%; this one delivers 29.8%.

In the broader community, Hennepin County reports that median household income runs about $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson High School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 402 (now 339). White enrollment moved from 56% to 47% across the same window.

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