Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK ISD·NCES 482850010935
Wester Elementary School
4602 CHICAGO AVE, LUBBOCK, TX 79414 · (806) 219-7100 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
324 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +62.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 62 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 62.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 0.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 0.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Wester Elementary School
Wester Elementary School's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wester Elementary School this school | 359 | 90.3% | 52.0% |
| Jackson Elementary School TYLER | 388 | 89.9% | 32.3% |
| San Jacinto Elementary School AMARILLO | 366 | 94.8% | 31.9% |
| W H Burnett Elementary School TERRELL | 380 | 86.8% | N/A |
| Kohfeldt Elementary School TEXAS CITY | 429 | 88.3% | 38.0% |
| Park Village Blended Learning Academy SAN ANTONIO | 376 | 85.4% | 18.8% |
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 Wester Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,275 of 4,401 | #18 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #830 of 4,466 ▲ 51 | #12 of 52 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,046 of 4,466 ▲ 387 | #14 of 52 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #3,811 of 4,938 | #40 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,230 of 4,622 | #17 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #1,532 of 4,628 | #14 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #1,048 of 4,789 | #14 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #1,550 of 2,838 | #20 of 33 |
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
359
-54 (-13%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 359 | 26.3 | 13.6:1 | 90% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 92% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 28.5 | 13.0:1 | 94% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 91% (375) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 85% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 80% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 76% (343) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wester Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (426 to 359); teachers down 9% (29 to 26.3).
About Wester Elementary School
Wester Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in LUBBOCK, Texas. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 359 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
Wester Elementary School is one of 49 schools in LUBBOCK ISD, which enrolls 24,237 students in total.
A majority of students at Wester Elementary School, 60%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 19% Black, 14% White, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Lubbock County, the Hispanic share is about 36%. The chance that two students picked at random at Wester Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Federal staffing data show 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Wester Elementary School and a ratio of 13.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 90% of enrollment. The gap from the 57% average for public schools in Lubbock County is 33 points.
Wester Elementary School beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 16.8 points (52.0% versus 35.1%), a top-10% result in Texas on BeatsExpectations.
Lubbock County census figures show that median household income is about $64,155, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 110 public schools operate in Lubbock County, serving about 52,301 students.
The next-closest public school is Harmony Science Academy - Lubbock, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Wester Elementary School's average proficiency of 52.0% compares with 47.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Wester Elementary School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Wester Elementary School went from 413 students to 359. The ratio was 15.3:1 in 2020-21 and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK ISD
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Hutchinson Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Estacado High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Nearby schools
- Harmony Science Academy - Lubbock0.7 mi · 559
- Stewart Elementary School1.0 mi · 369
- Williams Elementary School1.2 mi · 296
- Westwind Elementary School1.3 mi · 613
- Coronado High School1.4 mi · 1,878
- Commander William C McCool Academy1.8 mi · 416
Frequently asked questions
About Wester Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wester Elementary School?
Wester Elementary School enrolls approximately 359 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wester Elementary School serve?
Wester Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Wester Elementary School have?
Wester Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wester Elementary School?
At Wester Elementary School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 60% Hispanic, 19% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wester Elementary School?
Wester Elementary School is overseen by LUBBOCK ISD in Lubbock County.
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