Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 304 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAYTOWN C-2·NCES 292607001532
WESTRIDGE ELEM.
8500 E 77TH ST, KANSAS CITY, MO 64138 · (816) 268-7290 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
232 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 19% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
36.8%
MO avg 49.5% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +10.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
MO DVT (Growth) results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.9% | 30.1% |
Growth Percentile vs Peers, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
Where WESTRIDGE ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #765 of 968 | #101 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #678 of 974 | #83 of 126 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #748 of 974 | #104 of 126 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #641 of 1,294 | #96 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #648 of 950 | #74 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #101 of 953 | #33 of 124 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #348 of 684 | #55 of 92 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
319
-48 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.6:1
% White
18%
was 19%
% Hispanic
16%
was 12%
% Black
51%
was 59%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 319 | 23.2 | 13.8:1 | 73% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 334 | 22 | 15.2:1 | 71% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 24.9 | 12.9:1 | 74% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 27.1 | 13.6:1 | 77% (281) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTRIDGE ELEM..
About WESTRIDGE ELEM.
WESTRIDGE ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school located in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 319 students in 2024-25.
RAYTOWN C-2 has 7,676 students in 17 schools, and WESTRIDGE ELEM. is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at WESTRIDGE ELEM. are Black (51%). Beyond that, enrollment is 18% White, 16% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. In Jackson County overall, about 22% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The school's 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. Elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 73% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County.
WESTRIDGE ELEM.'s actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (39.4%) and its predicted rate (49.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools.
For Jackson County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $68,577, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 105,714, WESTRIDGE ELEM. among them.
The closest school to WESTRIDGE ELEM. is THREE TRAILS PRESCHOOL, located about 0.8 miles away. WESTRIDGE ELEM. is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. WESTRIDGE ELEM.'s average proficiency of 39.4% compares with 47.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around WESTRIDGE ELEM. as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2017-18 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 367 to 319, a 13% decline. Over that span, the Black share moved 8 points, to 51%.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RAYTOWN C-2
- RAYTOWN SR. HIGHHigh · 1,280 students
- RAYTOWN SOUTH SR. HIGHHigh · 1,089 students
- RAYTOWN MIDDLEMiddle · 667 students
- SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 510 students
- RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 488 students
- LITTLE BLUE ELEMENTARYElementary · 379 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
Nearby schools
- THREE TRAILS PRESCHOOL0.8 mi · 172
- SOUTH MIDDLE0.8 mi · 510
- SPRING VALLEY ELEM.0.9 mi · 353
- SOUTHWOOD ELEM.1.5 mi · 346
- NEW TRAILS EARLY LEARNING CTR.1.7 mi · 101
- BLUE RIDGE ELEM.1.7 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About WESTRIDGE ELEM.How large is WESTRIDGE ELEM.?
WESTRIDGE ELEM. enrolls approximately 319 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does WESTRIDGE ELEM. serve?
WESTRIDGE ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at WESTRIDGE ELEM.?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at WESTRIDGE ELEM..
What is the student diversity at WESTRIDGE ELEM.?
Student demographics at WESTRIDGE ELEM. are roughly 18% White, 16% Hispanic, 51% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is WESTRIDGE ELEM. in?
WESTRIDGE ELEM. is part of RAYTOWN C-2.
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