📍 304 W Imogene St, Arcadia, DeSoto County, 34266
West Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Arcadia, DeSoto County. The school has 795 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Nicole Black. It is part of the Desoto school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 36% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
West Elementary School enrolls 795 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 45 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% White, 42% Hispanic or Latino and 9.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 364 | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 330 | 42% |
| Black or African American | 79 | 9.9% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 2.3% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
583 of the school's 795 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 553 qualify for free lunch and 30 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
West 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 56.
West Elementary School is one of 11 schools in DESOTO, based in ARCADIA, Florida. The district serves 4,155 students district-wide and employs 241 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 795 students, West Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 378 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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