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Enrollment
1,215
Elementary
DISTRICT 794 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTLAKE CITY·NCES 390450601971
Westlake Elementary School
27555 Center Ridge Rd, Westlake, OH 44145 · (440) 250-1200 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,215 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
266 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 104 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 215 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 220 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 213 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 239 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 224 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (215) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (224).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Westlake Elementary School→Dover Intermediate School→Lee Burneson Middle School→Westlake High School
Based on grade levels within Westlake City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
79.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.3pp since 2021
Math
86.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.3% | 86.5% |
| 2023-24 | 83.3% | 86.2% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 87.3% |
| 2021-22 | 82.6% | 85.8% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
83.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Westlake Elementary School
Westlake Elementary School's state test result (83.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake Elementary School this school | 1,215 | 21.9% | 83.8% |
| Avon Heritage Elementary School Avon | 977 | 16.9% | 86.0% |
| North Royalton Elementary School North Royalton | 1,519 | 29.9% | 85.0% |
| Little Miami Early Childhood Center Morrow | 941 | 28.7% | N/A |
| Brecksville-Broadview Heights Elementary School Brecksville | 1,715 | 15.5% | 87.7% |
| Strausser Elementary School Massillon | 819 | 17.5% | 86.8% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Westlake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #164 of 673 | #20 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #178 of 1,569 ▼ 16 | #17 of 172 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #284 of 1,569 ▼ 35 | #25 of 172 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #367 of 1,514 | #30 of 167 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,215 | #9 of 1,808 | #3 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #354 of 1,582 | #39 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #749 of 1,590 | #78 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.9% | #616 of 767 | #28 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +247.1% | #1 of 561 | #1 of 64 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,215
+58 (+5%) vs 2020
+245% since 1990-91, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,215 | 78.4 | 15.5:1 | 22% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 1,236 | 76.9 | 16.1:1 | 22% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 1,217 | 73.5 | 16.6:1 | 15% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 1,157 | 68 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 350 | 23.1 | 15.2:1 | 19% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 19 | 21.6:1 | 19% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 15% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 4% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 15 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westlake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 247% (350 to 1,215); teachers up 239% (23.1 to 78.4).
About Westlake Elementary School
Westlake Elementary School is an elementary school in Westlake, Ohio, and it is part of Westlake City. The grade span is pre-K through 4, and enrollment is 1,215 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Ohio) has about 404 students.
Westlake Elementary School is one school in Westlake City, a system of 4 schools with 3,176 students.
At 77%, White students outnumber all other groups at Westlake Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 58% of Cuyahoga County residents are White. By the diversity index, Westlake Elementary School comes in at 39%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.5:1, with 78.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 22% of enrollment.
allk12 grades Westlake Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Westlake Elementary School is +3.3 points: 83.8% actual, 80.5% predicted.
In the county around the school, Cuyahoga County, median household income is about $64,468, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. A total of 352 public schools operate in Cuyahoga County, serving about 155,924 students.
Nearest public school: Lee Burneson Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Westlake Elementary School places 2nd out of 4 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Westlake Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 1,157 in 2020-21 and 1,215 in 2024-25, a rise of 58 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.0:1 to 15.5:1.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westlake City
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Lee Burneson Middle SchoolMiddle · 501 students
- Dover Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 471 students
Other schools in Westlake
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Lee Burneson Middle SchoolMiddle · 501 students
- Dover Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 471 students
- Westlake AcademyElementary · 49 students
Other Westlake Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Westlake Elementary. Westlake Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Westlake Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 736 students
- Westlake ElementaryWestlake Village, CA · 512 students
- Westlake ElementarySanta Cruz, CA · 453 students
- Westlake Elementary SchoolBATTLE CREEK, MI · 349 students
- Westlake ElementaryDaly City, CA · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Lee Burneson Middle School0.6 mi · 501
- Dover Intermediate School0.6 mi · 471
- Westlake High School1.0 mi · 989
- Pine Intermediate School1.3 mi · 512
- Westlake Academy1.6 mi · 49
- Maple Elementary School2.0 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Westlake Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Westlake Elementary School?
Westlake Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,215 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Westlake Elementary School serve?
Westlake Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Westlake Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Westlake Elementary School.
How diverse is Westlake Elementary School?
Westlake Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Westlake Elementary School public or private?
Westlake Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westlake City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.