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Westside Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 1700 5th St, Daytona Beach, Volusia County, 32117

636
Pupils
16.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Westside Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Daytona Beach, Volusia County. The school has 636 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dwayne Copeland. It is part of the Volusia school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths.

School details

Principal
Dwayne Copeland
School district
Volusia

Enrollment & staffing

Westside Elementary School enrolls 636 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 39 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.

Male students
328 (52%)
Female students
308 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
39
Student-teacher ratio
16.3:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 14% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American39762%
Hispanic or Latino9916%
White8814%
Two or more races507.9%
Asian1<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

527 of the school's 636 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 523 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Westside Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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-60, state senate district 7, state house district 26.

School district: VOLUSIA

Westside Elementary School is one of 90 schools in VOLUSIA, based in DELAND, Florida. The district serves 61,724 students district-wide and employs 3,637 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 636 students, Westside Elementary School is close to the district average of about 686 students per school.

61,724
District students
90
Schools
3,637
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

26%
Reading proficient
29%
Math proficient
32%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

Setting: City - Small

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