📍 1956 Sw County Road 252b, Lake City, Columbia County, 32024
Westside Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lake City, Columbia County. The school has 696 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rachel Stephens. It is part of the Columbia school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1. 74% of students are proficient in reading. 78% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Westside Elementary School enrolls 696 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% White, 14% Black or African American and 8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 479 | 69% |
| Black or African American | 100 | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 56 | 8% |
| Two or more races | 49 | 7% |
| Asian | 12 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
349 of the school's 696 students (50%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 327 qualify for free lunch and 22 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
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 FL-30, state senate district 5, state house district 10.
Westside Elementary School is one of 19 schools in COLUMBIA, based in LAKE CITY, Florida. The district serves 9,508 students district-wide and employs 548 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 696 students, Westside Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 500 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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