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Which teacher or staff member at Westside Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUN PRAIRIE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551464001904
Westside Elementary
1320 Buena Vista Dr, Sun Prairie, WI 53590 · (608) 834-7500 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
287 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 42%
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 | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
30.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
25.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.4% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.1% | 29.1% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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
Westside Elementary's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Elementary this school | 434 | 66.1% | 27.3% |
| Chappell Elementary Green Bay | 384 | 66.7% | 52.2% |
| Read Elementary Oshkosh | 383 | 69.5% | 32.3% |
| Kennedy Elementary Madison | 582 | 61.5% | 28.7% |
| Red Apple School Racine | 354 | 59.3% | 35.2% |
| Hawthorne Elementary Madison | 360 | 66.7% | 31.1% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #859 of 982 | #71 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #861 of 992 ▼ 14 | #68 of 74 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #826 of 992 ▲ 24 | #66 of 74 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #278 of 1,157 | #26 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #12 of 901 | #3 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.2% | #11 of 901 | #3 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.1% | #215 of 1,064 | #7 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #556 of 664 | #53 of 61 |
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
434
+52 (+14%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 434 | 47.9 | 9.1:1 | 66% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 47.4 | 9.4:1 | 67% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 46 | 9.0:1 | 63% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 41 | 9.3:1 | 67% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 40.8 | 11.3:1 | 46% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 39 | 11.3:1 | 51% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 36 | 11.4:1 | 51% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 14% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 28 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (460 to 434); teachers up 17% (40.8 to 47.9).
About Westside Elementary
Westside Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The school has 434 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have about 323 students on average; enrollment here is 34% higher.
Across its 16 schools, Sun Prairie Area School District enrolls 8,549 students. Westside Elementary is one of those schools.
About 30% of students at Westside Elementary are Black, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Dane County, the Black share is about 5%. A diversity index of 76% means there is a 76% chance two randomly chosen students at Westside Elementary are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westside Elementary is 9.1:1, based on 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is higher. Westside Elementary counts 66% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Dane County, the average eligibility rate is 32%.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 37.1%. Westside Elementary scores 27.3%.
Dane County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $89,975 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 55% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Dane County number 169, with about 78,525 students.
Sun Prairie Four Kids is about 0.6 miles from Westside Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 46.8%, higher than Westside Elementary's 27.3%.
Westside Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 14% rise, from 382 to 434.
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Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sun Prairie Area School District
- Sun Prairie East HighHigh · 1,340 students
- Sun Prairie West HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Prairie View MiddleMiddle · 699 students
- Patrick Marsh MiddleMiddle · 581 students
- Central Heights MiddleMiddle · 560 students
- Token Springs ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Other schools in Sun Prairie
- Sun Prairie East HighHigh · 1,340 students
- Sun Prairie West HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Prairie View MiddleMiddle · 699 students
- Patrick Marsh MiddleMiddle · 581 students
- Central Heights MiddleMiddle · 560 students
- Token Springs ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Other Westside Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 19 states are named Westside Elementary. Westside Elementary is the 22nd largest of the 41.
- Westside ElementaryKimberly, WI · 408 students
- Westside ElementaryRiver Falls, WI · 403 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolANGLETON, TX · 1,029 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 984 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolValdosta, GA · 904 students
Nearby schools
- Sun Prairie Four Kids0.6 mi · 297
- Central Heights Middle0.8 mi · 560
- Prairie Phoenix Academy0.8 mi · 88
- Royal Oaks Elementary0.9 mi · 433
- Prairie View Middle1.0 mi · 699
- C H Bird Elementary1.1 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About Westside ElementaryHow many students attend Westside Elementary?
Westside Elementary enrolls approximately 434 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Westside Elementary serve?
Westside Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westside Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westside Elementary is approximately 9.1:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Westside Elementary?
Student demographics at Westside Elementary are roughly 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 30% Black, 6% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Westside Elementary in?
Westside Elementary is part of Sun Prairie Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.