Westwood Elementary School

Westwood Elementary School is one of the small elementary campuss in Wellington, Ohio, operated by Wellington Exempted Village, with 294 students on its rolls from grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 27% leaner than the state mean of about 404.

Across the 3 schools in Wellington Exempted Village (860 students total), Westwood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Westwood Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lorain County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westwood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.7%, the actual is 76.1%, a residual of +9.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lorain County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,347 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Lorain County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students), Westwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wellington High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westwood Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westwood Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 300 students in 2018 to 294 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Westwood Elementary School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.