A J West Elementary

A J West Elementary is one of the compact elementary-level communitys in Aberdeen, Washington, run under Aberdeen School District, with 281 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 380.

Within Aberdeen School District, which oversees 13 schools and 3,183 students, A J West Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, A J West Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 43% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting A J West Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Grays Harbor County (around 65%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, A J West Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.7%, the actual is 31.4%, a residual of +8.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Grays Harbor County) records that median household income runs about $64,414, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. A J West Elementary is one of 46 public schools in Grays Harbor County (combined enrollment of about 10,564 students).

Harbor Open Doors is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around A J West Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), A J West Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 31%: 405 students in 2018 compared to 281 in 2025.

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