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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 629 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEANDER ISD·NCES 482703012256
Westside Elementary School
300 RYAN JORDAN LN, CEDAR PARK, TX 78613 · (512) 570-7000 · Williamson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
50 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
75.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +50.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 50 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 45.0% | 30.0% | 14.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 32.0% | 23.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 75.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 64.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Westside Elementary School
Westside Elementary School's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Elementary School this school | 504 | 9.9% | 58.0% |
| Dorothy P Adkins Elementary School LANTANA | 452 | 12.4% | 59.8% |
| David Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 585 | 9.4% | 84.9% |
| Heritage Elementary School HIGHLAND VILLAGE | 476 | 6.1% | 65.0% |
| Taylor Elementary School COLLEYVILLE | 511 | 6.8% | 78.0% |
| Ep Rayzor Elementary School LANTANA | 510 | 10.0% | 62.4% |
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 Westside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #880 of 4,401 | #27 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,234 of 4,466 ▼ 297 | #34 of 87 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #488 of 4,466 ▼ 31 | #14 of 87 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #1,132 of 3,998 | #29 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #2,496 of 4,938 | #66 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #656 of 4,622 | #29 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #1,714 of 4,628 | #63 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.9% | #4,655 of 4,789 | #77 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #1,841 of 2,838 | #28 of 43 |
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
504
-55 (-10%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 504 | 39.6 | 12.7:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 38.4 | 13.5:1 | 12% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 10% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 45 | 12.4:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 8% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 38 | 15.0:1 | 6% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | 53 | 13.5:1 | 23% (165) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (574 to 504); teachers down 6% (42 to 39.6).
About Westside Elementary School
Westside Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of CEDAR PARK, Texas. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 504 students.
LEANDER ISD includes 51 schools. Together they enroll 42,680 students.
By race and ethnicity, Westside Elementary School is 62% White. The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 7% multiracial. The White share in Williamson County as a whole is similar, at about 60%. Westside Elementary School has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 39.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.7:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The school's lunch program data list 10% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Williamson County is 29%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Westside Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.0%; the prediction is 69.5%.
Across Williamson County, median household income is about $111,340, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Westside Elementary School is among the 208 public schools in Williamson County.
Nearby, Basis Cedar Park is about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Westside Elementary School is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 559 to 504 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
672,688
Census ACS
Median income
$111,340
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
208
126,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEANDER ISD
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,480 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
- Rouse High SchoolHigh · 2,260 students
- Cedar Park High SchoolHigh · 2,155 students
- Leander High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Glenn High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
Other schools in CEDAR PARK
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,480 students
- Cedar Park High SchoolHigh · 2,155 students
- Cedar Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,365 students
- Artie L Henry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,347 students
- Running Brushy Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,120 students
- Basis Cedar Park Primary SchoolElementary · 859 students
Other Westside Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 19 states are named Westside Elementary. Westside Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 41.
- Westside Elementary SchoolANGLETON, TX · 1,029 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 984 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolValdosta, GA · 904 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDAYTONA BEACH, FL · 774 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJONESBORO, AR · 756 students
Nearby schools
- Basis Cedar Park0.5 mi · 405
- Basis Cedar Park Primary School0.5 mi · 859
- Deer Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 638
- Ada Mae Faubion Elementary School1.4 mi · 353
- C C Mason Elementary School1.7 mi · 691
- Cedar Park Middle School1.8 mi · 1,365
Frequently asked questions
About Westside Elementary SchoolHow large is Westside Elementary School?
Westside Elementary School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Westside Elementary School serve?
Westside Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Westside Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Westside Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Westside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Westside Elementary School are roughly 62% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Westside Elementary School in?
Westside Elementary School is part of LEANDER ISD.
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