📍 1513 State St, Alton, Madison County, 62002
West Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alton, Madison County. The school has 400 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tarael Kee. It is part of the Alton CUSD 11 school district. It serves grades 2–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 9% of students are proficient in reading. 7% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
West Elementary School enrolls 400 students across grades 2–5. The student body is 50% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% White, 33% Black or African American and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 194 | 49% |
| Black or African American | 133 | 33% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 6% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
263 of the school's 400 students (66%) 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.
West Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 56, state house district 111.
West Elementary School is one of 10 schools in Alton CUSD 11, based in Alton, Illinois. The district serves 5,526 students district-wide and employs 397 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 400 students, West Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 553 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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