NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools OH

Best-Resourced Schools in Westlake, OH

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

3,225

Students

40.2/100

Avg Resource Index

21.9:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Westlake has more public-school enrollment than 32% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Westlake Elementary School enrolls 37.7% of Westlake's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Westlake's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Westlake lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 49 to 1,215 students, a 25-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment: Top 68%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 46th percentile
Teacher staffing: 8th percentile

Westlake Elementary School accounts for 37.7% of all Westlake public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Westlake-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Westlake school enrollment varies 25× across entities

Westlake school enrollment ranges from 49 students (lowest) to 1,215 students (highest), a spread of 1,166 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Westlake student-teacher ratio is 21.9:1 — 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

1 of Westlake's 5 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Dover Intermediate School	58	471	elementary	Westlake City
2.	Lee Burneson Middle School	52	501	middle	Westlake City
3.	Westlake High School	48	989	high	Westlake City
4.	Westlake Elementary School	43	1,215	Combined	Westlake City
5.	Westlake Academy	-	49	elementary	Westlake Academy

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Westlake

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.

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Which Westlake school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Dover Intermediate School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Westlake schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Westlake, OH? ▼

Westlake has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,225 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.9:1.

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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.