Westlake

As an one-room-style all-grades campus in Westfield, New Jersey, Westlake instructs 46 students from grades 4 through 12, run under Union County Educational Services Commission. Enrollment runs roughly 95% leaner than the state mean of about 934.

Within Union County Educational Services Commission, which oversees 6 schools and 324 students, Westlake is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Westlake shows that the most-represented group is Black (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 33% Hispanic, 20% White, 13% Asian. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 20% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Westlake has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Westlake tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Union County's rate of about 52%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household income runs about $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Westlake is one campus in the mix.

Lamberts Mill Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 37%: 73 students in 2018 compared to 46 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 36% to 20% across the same window.

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