Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 399 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA 93·NCES 290100000316
WEST BLVD. ELEM.
319 WEST BLVD NORTH, COLUMBIA, MO 65203 · (573) 214-3670 · Boone County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Missouri public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
327 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 54%
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 | 15 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 52% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.2%
MO avg 44.9% . -2.9pp since 2021
Math
27.5%
MO avg 43.8% . -3.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.1% | 17.1% | 31.3% | 34.3% |
| Math | 13.4% | 14.1% | 17.9% | 54.4% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.2% | 27.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 39.7% |
| 2022-23 | 33.9% | 24.4% |
| 2021-22 | 37.1% | 30.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 WEST BLVD. ELEM.
WEST BLVD. ELEM.'s state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST BLVD. ELEM. this school | 327 | 100.0% | 33.1% |
| CLIPPARD ELEM. CAPE GIRARDEAU | 383 | 100.0% | 34.0% |
| MASON ELEM. ST LOUIS | 393 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| BUDER ELEM. ST LOUIS | 359 | 100.0% | 28.3% |
| FLYNN PARK ELEM. UNIVERSITY CITY | 323 | 100.0% | 39.0% |
| ELIOT BATTLE ELEMENTARY COLUMBIA | 344 | 100.0% | 13.4% |
Matched among Missouri 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 WEST BLVD. ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #692 of 1,002 | #19 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #786 of 1,019 ▼ 232 | #19 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #726 of 1,018 ▼ 166 | #20 of 26 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.1pp | #265 of 943 | #6 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #609 of 1,294 | #18 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #84 of 950 | #6 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #34 of 953 | #5 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #26 of 1,165 | #2 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #619 of 684 | #14 of 16 |
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
327
+40 (+14%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 327 | 31 | 10.6:1 | 100% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 29.2 | 11.0:1 | 100% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 29.8 | 11.3:1 | 99% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 31 | 9.3:1 | 99% (284) |
| 2017-18 | 337 | 30 | 11.2:1 | 100% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 76% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 67% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 28 | 11.9:1 | 58% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 30 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST BLVD. ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (337 to 327); teachers up 3% (30 to 31).
About WEST BLVD. ELEM.
WEST BLVD. ELEM. is an elementary school in COLUMBIA, Missouri, reachable at (573) 214-3670. The school had 327 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
COLUMBIA 93, which runs WEST BLVD. ELEM., has 34 schools and 18,640 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at WEST BLVD. ELEM.. The largest is Black students, at 38%. Other students are 36% White, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. That is higher than the 10% Black share among all Boone County residents. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 31 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at WEST BLVD. ELEM. was 10.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Missouri have 12.4:1, compared with 10.6:1 here. WEST BLVD. ELEM.'s free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%. Public schools in Boone County average 38%.
The allk12 Grade for WEST BLVD. ELEM. is B-. Compared with Missouri public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 46% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 22.4% for a school in Missouri with WEST BLVD. ELEM.'s free or reduced-price lunch share. WEST BLVD. ELEM. posts 33.1%.
Boone County has these Census figures: the median household income is $72,758, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. In all, Boone County has 58 public schools and roughly 24,547 students.
Of nearby public schools, WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. WEST BLVD. ELEM. has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 67.8% proficiency; WEST BLVD. ELEM. posts 33.1%.
NCES assigns WEST BLVD. ELEM. the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 40 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 10.6 students per teacher, compared with 9.3 in 2020-21.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
188,043
Census ACS
Median income
$72,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
24,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLUMBIA 93
- DAVID H. HICKMAN HIGHHigh · 2,007 students
- ROCK BRIDGE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,997 students
- MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,492 students
- ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MID. SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARYElementary · 656 students
- MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM.Elementary · 619 students
Other schools in COLUMBIA
- DAVID H. HICKMAN HIGHHigh · 2,007 students
- ROCK BRIDGE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,997 students
- MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,492 students
- ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MID. SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARYElementary · 656 students
- MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM.Elementary · 619 students
Nearby schools
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 553
- ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM.0.9 mi · 296
- JOHN RIDGEWAY ELEM.0.9 mi · 227
- RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM.1.1 mi · 500
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS HIGH1.1 mi · 185
- DAVID H. HICKMAN HIGH1.2 mi · 2,007
Frequently asked questions
About WEST BLVD. ELEM.How many students attend WEST BLVD. ELEM.?
WEST BLVD. ELEM. enrolls approximately 327 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WEST BLVD. ELEM. serve?
WEST BLVD. ELEM. serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at WEST BLVD. ELEM.?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at WEST BLVD. ELEM..
What is the student diversity at WEST BLVD. ELEM.?
Student demographics at WEST BLVD. ELEM. are roughly 36% White, 9% Hispanic, 38% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is WEST BLVD. ELEM. in?
WEST BLVD. ELEM. is part of COLUMBIA 93.
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