📍 1050 Nw Cashmere Blvd, Port St Lucie, St. Lucie County, 34986
West Gate K-8 School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Port St Lucie, St. Lucie County. The school has 1,522 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Lucie school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. 59% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
West Gate K-8 School enrolls 1,522 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 85 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 33% Hispanic or Latino, 32% White and 27% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 505 | 33% |
| White | 485 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 410 | 27% |
| Two or more races | 78 | 5.1% |
| Asian | 41 | 2.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
903 of the school's 1,522 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 780 qualify for free lunch and 123 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
West Gate K-8 School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 25, state house district 84.
West Gate K-8 School is one of 52 schools in ST. LUCIE, based in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida. The district serves 49,308 students district-wide and employs 2,369 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,522 students, West Gate K-8 School is larger than the district average of about 948 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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