WESTRIDGE ELEM.

WESTRIDGE ELEM. is an elementary school of average-sized scale in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, overseen by RAYTOWN C-2, caters to 319 students in grades K through 5.

RAYTOWN C-2 comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 7,676 students; WESTRIDGE ELEM. is among them.

Looking at the student body, WESTRIDGE ELEM. lists that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 18% White, 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 73% of students at WESTRIDGE ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WESTRIDGE ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.4%.

In the broader community, Jackson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), WESTRIDGE ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is THREE TRAILS PRESCHOOL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WESTRIDGE ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WESTRIDGE ELEM. at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 367 students in 2018 compared to 319 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 59% to 51% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.