📍 8550 West Vassar Drive, Lakewood, Jefferson County, 80227
Westgate Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lakewood, Jefferson County. The school has 352 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County School District No. R-1 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
Westgate Elementary School enrolls 352 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 37% White and 7.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 166 | 47% |
| White | 129 | 37% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 7.1% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 5.7% |
| Asian | 11 | 3.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
226 of the school's 352 students (64%) 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.
Westgate Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Westgate Elementary School is one of 162 schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1, based in GOLDEN, Colorado. The district serves 73,532 students district-wide and employs 4,550 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 352 students, Westgate Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 454 students per school.
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