Westview Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Spokane, Washington, Westview Elementary works with 328 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Spokane School District.

Spokane School District runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 28,853 students. Westview Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westview Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school shows 14% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, Westview Elementary shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Spokane County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Westview Elementary sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.4%; actual is 57.8%, +24.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Spokane County put median household income runs about $78,582, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Spokane County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), of which Westview Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Balboa Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westview Elementary. On composite proficiency, Westview Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westview Elementary has declined 34%, going from 499 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Westview Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.