Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 287 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELLINGTON EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390456502323
Westwood Elementary School
305 Union St, Wellington, OH 44090 · (440) 647-3636 · Lorain County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Ohio public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
15.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
172 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 23% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Based on grade levels within Wellington Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
72.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +12.1pp since 2021
Math
80.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 73.7% |
| 2022-23 | 66.2% | 75.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.6% | 67.6% |
% 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
76.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Westwood Elementary School
Westwood Elementary School's state test result (76.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Elementary School this school | 294 | 58.5% | 76.1% |
| Oakwood Elementary School Oakwood | 291 | 56.0% | 85.7% |
| Payne Elementary School Payne | 263 | 62.0% | 72.9% |
| South Central Elementary School Greenwich | 372 | 57.3% | 71.1% |
| Hill Intermediate Elementary School Bethel | 308 | 54.9% | 67.5% |
| Mifflin Elementary School Mansfield | 256 | 59.4% | 76.0% |
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 Westwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lorain County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #333 of 673 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #378 of 1,569 ▲ 137 | #8 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #516 of 1,569 ▼ 114 | #7 of 34 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.3pp | #173 of 1,514 | #3 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #1,306 of 1,808 | #31 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #422 of 1,582 | #11 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #1,086 of 1,590 | #37 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #150 of 767 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #931 of 992 | #23 of 25 |
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
294
+18 (+7%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 294 | 18.5 | 15.9:1 | 59% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 14.5 | 18.9:1 | 63% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 28.5 | 10.3:1 | 44% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 17 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 19 | 15.8:1 | 45% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 18 | 20.1:1 | 47% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 44% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 24 | 20.1:1 | 26% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 21 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (300 to 294); teachers down 3% (19 to 18.5).
About Westwood Elementary School
Westwood Elementary School is a small elementary school in Wellington, Ohio, one of the schools in Wellington Exempted Village. Its enrollment is 294 students, spread over kindergarten through 3. Elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students, which makes this school 27% below average.
Wellington Exempted Village has 3 schools; together they serve 860 students.
At Westwood Elementary School, 87% of students are White. It is also 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Lorain County is roughly 78% White. The diversity index for Westwood Elementary School is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westwood Elementary School is 15.9:1, based on 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Lorain County, the average eligibility rate is 33%.
Westwood Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of Ohio public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Westwood Elementary School, the prediction is 66.7% and the result is 76.1%.
Lorain County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $73,347, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 92 public schools in the county, enrolling about 42,516, Westwood Elementary School among them.
Measured in a straight line, Wellington High School is about 0.3 miles from Westwood Elementary School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Westwood Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Westwood Elementary School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 276 to 294.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Lorain County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,129
Census ACS
Median income
$73,347
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
42,516 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wellington Exempted Village
- Mccormick Middle SchoolMiddle · 338 students
- Wellington High SchoolHigh · 228 students
Other schools in Wellington
- Mccormick Middle SchoolMiddle · 338 students
- Wellington High SchoolHigh · 228 students
Other Westwood Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 20 states are named Westwood Elementary. Westwood Elementary School is the 34th largest of the 37.
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElyria, OH · 441 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolNovelty, OH · 367 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolDayton, OH · 352 students
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGREENWOOD, AR · 839 students
- Westwood ElementarySan Diego, CA · 832 students
Nearby schools
- Wellington High School0.3 mi · 228
- Mccormick Middle School0.3 mi · 338
- William R Burton6.2 mi · 1,194
- Keystone Middle School7.2 mi · 340
- Keystone High School7.3 mi · 392
- Keystone Elementary School7.3 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Westwood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Westwood Elementary School?
Westwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades KG-03.
Is Westwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Westwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Westwood Elementary School have?
Westwood Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
How diverse is Westwood Elementary School?
Westwood Elementary School reports a student body of 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Westwood Elementary School?
Westwood Elementary School is overseen by Wellington Exempted Village in Lorain County.
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