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Which teacher or staff member at Westwood Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
623
Elementary
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST DE PERE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551632002139
Westwood Elementary
1155 Westwood Dr, De Pere, WI 54115 · (920) 337-1087 · Brown County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
189 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 120 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (105).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Westwood Elementary→West De Pere Intermediate School
Based on grade levels within West De Pere School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
71.6%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.1% | 71.6% |
| 2023-24 | 69.2% | 67.3% |
% 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
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Westwood Elementary
Westwood Elementary's state test result (69.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Elementary this school | 623 | 30.3% | 69.3% |
| Pioneer Elementary Green Bay | 495 | 29.1% | 67.6% |
| Altoona Elementary Altoona | 555 | 33.5% | 57.6% |
| Grant Elementary Marshfield | 554 | 33.8% | 67.0% |
| Glenbrook Elementary Pulaski | 519 | 28.9% | 61.7% |
| Susie C Altmayer Elementary De Pere | 525 | 24.2% | 78.9% |
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 Westwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #202 of 982 | #10 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #175 of 992 ▲ 106 | #9 of 44 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #153 of 992 ▲ 16 | #10 of 44 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #50 of 1,157 | #6 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #496 of 901 | #26 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #443 of 901 | #30 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #731 of 1,064 | #31 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #136 of 664 | #3 of 29 |
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
623
-168 (-21%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 623 | 46.3 | 13.5:1 | 30% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 46.1 | 14.1:1 | 27% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 44.3 | 14.8:1 | 29% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 791 | 52 | 15.2:1 | 33% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 53.2 | 15.6:1 | 28% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 829 | 51 | 16.3:1 | 34% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 45 | 16.1:1 | 29% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 17% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 504 | 31 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (830 to 623); teachers down 13% (53.2 to 46.3).
About Westwood Elementary
Westwood Elementary is a large elementary school found in De Pere, Wisconsin. The school enrolls 623 students in pre-K through 4. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average enrollment is about 323.
West De Pere School District counts 6 schools and 3,624 students, including Westwood Elementary.
The largest group at Westwood Elementary is White students, at 77%. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. Brown County residents are about 79% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Westwood Elementary scores 40%.
There are 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Westwood Elementary, giving a ratio of 13.5:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1. A total of 189 students, or 30%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 39% average among public schools in Brown County.
Westwood Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 84% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Westwood Elementary is 59.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 69.3%.
The county, Brown County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $79,649, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 86 public schools and about 42,385 students.
Westwood Elementary is about 0.2 miles from West De Pere Middle, its nearest public school. Westwood Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Westwood Elementary ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 69.3% versus a 67.6% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 791 (2020-21) to 623 (2024-25). Students per teacher dropped from 15.2 in 2020-21 to 13.5 in 2024-25.
People who know Westwood Elementary can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
270,892
Census ACS
Median income
$79,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West De Pere School District
- West De Pere HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Hemlock Creek ElementaryElementary · 822 students
- West De Pere Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- West De Pere MiddleMiddle · 546 students
- Phantom Knight School of OpportunityHigh · 22 students
Other schools in De Pere
- De Pere HighHigh · 1,466 students
- West De Pere HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Hemlock Creek ElementaryElementary · 822 students
- De Pere MiddleMiddle · 690 students
- Foxview IntermediateMiddle · 673 students
- Heritage ElementaryElementary · 608 students
Other Westwood Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 20 states are named Westwood Elementary. Westwood Elementary is the 4th largest of the 37.
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGREENWOOD, AR · 839 students
- Westwood ElementarySan Diego, CA · 832 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolStillwater, OK · 626 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 614 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolDalton, GA · 605 students
Nearby schools
- West De Pere Middle0.2 mi · 546
- West De Pere Intermediate School0.3 mi · 561
- West De Pere High0.7 mi · 1,050
- Phantom Knight School of Opportunity1.2 mi · 22
- Foxview Intermediate1.6 mi · 673
- Dickinson Elementary2.0 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Westwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Westwood Elementary?
Westwood Elementary enrolls approximately 623 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Westwood Elementary serve?
Westwood Elementary serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westwood Elementary is approximately 13.5:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westwood Elementary?
At Westwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 77% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Westwood Elementary public or private?
Westwood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by West De Pere School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.