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Enrollment
613
Elementary
DISTRICT 624 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRENSHIP ISD·NCES 481983007068
Westwind Elementary School
6401 43RD ST, LUBBOCK, TX 79407 · (806) 799-3731 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
333 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 46 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 33.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 48.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Westwind Elementary School
Westwind Elementary School's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwind Elementary School this school | 613 | 54.3% | 38.8% |
| North Ridge Elementary School LUBBOCK | 585 | 58.1% | 47.1% |
| Casey Elementary School AUSTIN | 544 | 56.6% | 48.2% |
| Thousand Oaks Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 598 | 54.3% | 46.6% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School SAGINAW | 641 | 57.4% | 44.9% |
| Barnes Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 700 | 52.6% | 56.0% |
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 Westwind Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #2,753 of 4,401 | #36 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,978 of 4,466 ▼ 267 | #34 of 52 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,043 of 4,466 ▲ 970 | #22 of 52 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.5pp | #374 of 3,998 | #10 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #1,512 of 4,938 | #10 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #3,657 of 4,622 | #48 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #2,037 of 4,628 | #24 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #3,387 of 4,789 | #33 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #1,056 of 1,307 | #9 of 12 |
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
613
+37 (+6%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 613 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 54% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 36.5 | 15.7:1 | 67% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 36.9 | 16.3:1 | 71% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 63% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 40.5 | 14.6:1 | 53% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 39 | 17.4:1 | 67% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | 44 | 16.3:1 | 61% (439) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 32 | 17.5:1 | 54% (301) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westwind Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (590 to 613); teachers down 9% (40.5 to 37).
About Westwind Elementary School
Westwind Elementary School is one of the public schools in LUBBOCK, Texas. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 613 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
FRENSHIP ISD runs 14 schools with a combined 11,770 students. Westwind Elementary School is one of them.
The student body at Westwind Elementary School is 63% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 23% White, 5% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Lubbock County, the Hispanic share is about 36%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. The school has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 16.6:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Federal data show 54% of students (333) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Westwind Elementary School is 11.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (38.8% versus 50.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In Lubbock County, median household income comes to about $64,155, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 110, with about 52,301 students.
Among nearby public schools, Harmony Science Academy - Lubbock is closest at about 0.9 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Westwind Elementary School. Westwind Elementary School places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 37 students, from 576 to 613.
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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 FRENSHIP ISD
- Frenship High SchoolHigh · 3,422 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
- Terra Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 760 students
- Willow Bend Elementary SchoolElementary · 749 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Upland Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 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
Other Westwind Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Westwind Elementary. Westwind Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Westwind Elementary SchoolPhoenix, AZ · 932 students
Nearby schools
- Harmony Science Academy - Lubbock0.9 mi · 559
- Wester Elementary School1.3 mi · 359
- Premier H S of Lubbock1.5 mi · 175
- Oak Ridge Elementary School1.7 mi · 678
- Heritage Middle School1.9 mi · 821
- Ridgewood Elementary School2.1 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About Westwind Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Westwind Elementary School?
Westwind Elementary School enrolls approximately 613 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Westwind Elementary School serve?
Westwind Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Westwind Elementary School have?
Westwind Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westwind Elementary School?
At Westwind Elementary School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 63% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Westwind Elementary School public or private?
Westwind Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FRENSHIP ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.