WEST FOUNDATION EL

WEST FOUNDATION EL is an elementary campus of tight-knit scale in WICHITA FALLS, Texas, run under WICHITA FALLS ISD, works with 381 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 25 schools in WICHITA FALLS ISD (16,226 students total), WEST FOUNDATION EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, WEST FOUNDATION EL reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, WEST FOUNDATION EL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wichita County (around 62%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEST FOUNDATION EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.6%, the actual is 62.2%, a residual of +5.6 points.

In the area at large, census data for Wichita County shows median household income runs about $63,524, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WEST FOUNDATION EL is one of 53 public schools in Wichita County (combined enrollment of about 23,047 students).

Nearest neighbor: RIDER H S, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WEST FOUNDATION EL. On composite proficiency, WEST FOUNDATION EL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 463 students in 2018 compared to 381 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 61% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.