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WESTSIDE EL
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WESTSIDE EL
Set in CEDAR PARK, Texas, WESTSIDE EL is a medium-sized elementary school, run under LEANDER ISD. It teaches 504 students across grades K through 5.
LEANDER ISD comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 42,680 students; WESTSIDE EL is among them.
On demographics, WESTSIDE EL logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Williamson County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Williamson County (around 29%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WESTSIDE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.5%; this one delivers 58.0%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Williamson County) reports that median household income runs about $111,340, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WESTSIDE EL is one of 208 public schools in Williamson County (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students).
Nearest neighbor: BASIS CEDAR PARK PRI, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WESTSIDE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WESTSIDE EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.4%.
WESTSIDE EL operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 574 students in 2018 compared to 504 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 62% across the same window.
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