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Westside Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 512 Country Club Rd, Searcy, White County, 72143

438
Pupils
16.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Westside Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Searcy, White County. The school has 438 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Bethany Philpot. It is part of the Searcy School District school district. It serves grades Kโ€“3 in a small-town setting. The school employs 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.

School details

Principal
Bethany Philpot
School district
Searcy School District

Enrollment & staffing

Westside Elementary School enrolls 438 students across grades Kโ€“3. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.

Male students
243 (55%)
Female students
195 (45%)
Teachers (FTE)
27.3
Student-teacher ratio
16.1:1
Grade span
Kโ€“3

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 8% Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White34679%
Hispanic or Latino358%
Two or more races296.6%
Black or African American184.1%
Asian102.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

176 of the school's 438 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades Kโ€“3Title I

Westside Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-20.

School district: SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Westside Elementary School is one of 6 schools in SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in SEARCY, Arkansas. The district serves 3,973 students district-wide and employs 299 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 438 students, Westside Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 662 students per school.

3,973
District students
6
Schools
299
Teachers (FTE)

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