WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedWhat this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 77 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 Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Nebraska 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 Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
Schools most like WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (76.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 346 | 13.9% | 76.9% |
| WILLOWDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 469 | 16.0% | 73.5% |
| ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 450 | 16.9% | 75.2% |
| UPCHURCH ELEMENTARY OMAHA | 402 | 17.2% | 81.5% |
| PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LA VISTA | 422 | 14.2% | 72.4% |
| HILLRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELKHORN | 321 | 19.3% | 76.4% |
Where WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #23 of 311 | #17 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #21 of 398 | #13 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #24 of 438 | #18 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #189 of 587 | #70 of 125 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #179 of 379 | #34 of 117 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.8% | #250 of 379 | #97 of 117 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.9% | #326 of 359 | #39 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #115 of 135 | #36 of 41 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 346 | 24.5 | 14.1:1 | 14% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 26.8 | 13.9:1 | 20% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 27.1 | 13.4:1 | 21% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 17% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 26.4 | 12.8:1 | 16% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 31% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 16% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 298 | 15 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (338 to 346); teachers down 7% (26.4 to 24.5).
About WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, located in ELKHORN, Nebraska. Enrollment totals 346 students across pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Nebraska enroll around 272, and this school is 27% larger than that mark.
WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 20 schools that make up ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS (11,653 students in total).
More than half of enrollment at WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 79%. Enrollment also includes 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 10 points above the 69% share among Douglas County residents. The diversity index for WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 37%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. Compared with the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 14% of students (48) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Douglas County, the average is 25%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +5.3 points: 76.9% actual, 71.6% predicted.
The school is in Douglas County, where median household income comes to about $80,391, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Douglas County's 207 public schools enroll about 98,640 students and include WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 4th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 346 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 385.
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