West Boulevard Elementary School

Set in Youngstown, Ohio, West Boulevard Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, one of the schools within Boardman Local. It enrolls 417 students across grades K through 3.

Across the 7 schools in Boardman Local (3,515 students total), West Boulevard Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, West Boulevard Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school shows 16% Black, 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Mahoning County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, West Boulevard Elementary School logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting West Boulevard Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Mahoning County's rate of about 45%.

After controlling for student poverty, West Boulevard Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.4%; West Boulevard Elementary School posts 87.3%, +22.9 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Mahoning County put the typical household earns roughly $56,942 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Mahoning County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,927 students), of which West Boulevard Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Boardman Center Intermediate School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Boulevard Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 76.1%.

West Boulevard Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Boulevard Elementary School has changed only slightly, going from 418 students in 2018 to 417 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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