NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Westminster, CA

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17 public K-12 schools in Westminster from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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17
Schools
11,310
Students
36.1/100
Avg Resource Index
21.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Westminster has more public-school enrollment than 83% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Westminster's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

12 of Westminster's 17 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

Westminster's reporting schools show 67.7% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 21.8:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 20-point gap between Post Elementary and Westminster High is therefore more useful than the city mean alone. A school with a similar ratio may still report different counselor access, attendance, or gifted-program availability, so open the campus records before drawing conclusions about student support.

City enrollment
Top 17%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
29th percentile
Teacher staffing
9th percentile

Westminster High accounts for 22.4% of all Westminster public-school enrollment

That concentration means Westminster-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Westminster school enrollment varies 8.1× across entities

Westminster school enrollment ranges from 314 students (lowest) to 2,529 students (highest), a spread of 2,215 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Westminster reports 67.7% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Westminster student-teacher ratio is 21.8:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Post Elementary 45
2. La Quinta High 44
3. Susan B. Anthony Elementary 43
4. Warner Middle 41
5. Schmitt Elementary 38
6. Eastwood Elementary 37
7. Johnson Middle 37
8. Willmore Elementary 37
9. Westmont Elementary 37
10. Sarah Mcgarvin Intermediate 36
11. John Marshall Elementary 36
12. Leo Carrillo Elementary 33
13. Sequoia Elementary 33
14. Fryberger Elementary 32
15. Finley Elementary 30
16. Webber Elementary 30
17. Westminster High 25

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Westminster

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Eastwood Elementary 73.3/100
  2. 2 Sequoia Elementary 67.7/100
  3. 3 Fryberger Elementary 58.3/100
  4. 4 John Marshall Elementary 57.3/100
  5. 5 Westmont Elementary 56.1/100

What do families ask about schools in Westminster?

Which Westminster school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Post Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Westminster schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Westminster, CA? ▼

Westminster has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,310 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.