Westfield Elementary

As a close-knit elementary campus in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, Westfield Elementary teaches 212 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Surry County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 55% leaner than the state mean of about 467.

Surry County Schools runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 7,318 students. Westfield Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Westfield Elementary records that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Surry County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Westfield Elementary records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Westfield Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Surry County) reports that median household earnings sit near $55,656, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Westfield Elementary is one of 30 public schools in Surry County (combined enrollment of about 11,139 students).

The closest other public school is Pilot Mountain Middle, roughly 4.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Westfield Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westfield Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 59.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 221 students in 2018 compared to 212 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 79% to 74%.

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