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Enrollment
607
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870007723
West Elementary School
2911 KINGSWOOD BLVD, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75052 · (682) 867-0100 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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 Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
448 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
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 | 105 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 17% smaller than its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 26.0% | 18.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 26.0% | 18.0% | 31.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 60.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 47.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 West Elementary School
West Elementary School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Elementary School this school | 607 | 73.8% | 46.0% |
| Dulles Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 675 | 70.5% | 34.8% |
| Richland Elementary School RICHARDSON | 643 | 73.7% | 38.8% |
| Arbor Creek Elementary School EULESS | 710 | 68.5% | 40.9% |
| Richardson Terrace Elementary School RICHARDSON | 492 | 76.8% | 54.6% |
| James Patterson Elementary School RICHMOND | 782 | 67.6% | 47.2% |
Matched among Texas 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 West Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,847 of 4,401 | #110 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,633 of 4,466 ▼ 128 | #98 of 339 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,419 of 4,466 ▲ 675 | #91 of 339 ▲ 43 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #2,801 of 3,998 | #215 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #1,566 of 4,938 | #96 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,194 of 4,622 | #171 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #198 of 4,628 | #35 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #2,328 of 4,789 | #172 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #2,008 of 2,838 | #175 of 242 |
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
607
+27 (+5%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 607 | 41.2 | 14.7:1 | 74% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 41.4 | 15.0:1 | 73% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 42.4 | 15.1:1 | 70% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 67% (389) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 40.3 | 16.8:1 | 51% (344) |
| 2015-16 | 774 | 44 | 17.6:1 | 51% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 821 | 47 | 17.5:1 | 45% (369) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 42 | 15.9:1 | 16% (108) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (675 to 607); teachers up 2% (40.3 to 41.2).
About West Elementary School
West Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. Total enrollment is 607 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 6.
The district, ARLINGTON ISD, has 53,394 students enrolled across 75 schools.
Black students make up 39% of enrollment at West Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 12% White, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 18% Black among all Tarrant County residents. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at West Elementary School are from different groups.
West Elementary School has 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. At West Elementary School, 74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 11 points above the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County.
On the allk12 Grade, West Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Texas public elementary schools.
In Texas, West Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 46.0% actual against a predicted 42.2%.
The school's county is Tarrant County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 639 public schools in the county, enrolling about 385,835, West Elementary School among them.
West Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Starrett Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts West Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
West Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 607, up from 580 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for West Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in GRAND PRAIRIE
- South Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 3,239 students
- Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 2,817 students
- John A Dubiski Career High SchoolHigh · 1,574 students
- Bill Arnold Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- Advantage AcademyCombined · 972 students
- Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 936 students
Other West Elementary schools
50 other US public schools in 25 states are named West Elementary. West Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 51.
- West Elementary SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 740 students
- West Elementary SchoolWEST, TX · 645 students
- West Elementary SchoolDAINGERFIELD, TX · 260 students
- West ElementaryMt Juliet, TN · 849 students
- West ElementaryBixby, OK · 757 students
Nearby schools
- Starrett Elementary School0.7 mi · 479
- Bowie High School0.8 mi · 2,140
- Bryant Elementary School0.8 mi · 462
- Barnett Junior High School1.1 mi · 579
- Fitzgerald Elementary School1.3 mi · 451
- Arlington Collegiate High School1.4 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About West Elementary SchoolHow large is West Elementary School?
West Elementary School enrolls approximately 607 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does West Elementary School serve?
West Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at West Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at West Elementary School.
How diverse is West Elementary School?
West Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 22% Hispanic, 39% Black, 22% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees West Elementary School?
West Elementary School is overseen by ARLINGTON ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.