📍 1701 W Point Tap Rd, Palestine, Anderson County, 75803
Westwood Pri is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Palestine, Anderson County. The school has 363 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shannon Rodriquez. It is part of the Westwood Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a small-town setting. The school employs 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Westwood Pri enrolls 363 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 23% Hispanic or Latino and 23% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 174 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 84 | 23% |
| Black or African American | 82 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 5.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
290 of the school's 363 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 276 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Westwood Pri 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 TX-60, state senate district 3, state house district 8.
Westwood Pri is one of 4 schools in WESTWOOD ISD, based in PALESTINE, Texas. The district serves 1,387 students district-wide and employs 106 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 363 students, Westwood Pri is close to the district average of about 347 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant