Westside Union Elementary

Public school district · Los Angeles County · California · NCES district ID 0642120

Westside Union Elementary spent $13,324 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 92% of the other California districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $16,855). Its 12 schools enrolled 9,078 students in 2024-25; 66.0% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $14,593 per student, up 9.5% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among California districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Westside Union Elementary in enrollment (8,818 to 9,073 students) and Westside Union Elementary itself.

Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Westside Union Elementary, FY23Santa Monica-Malibu Unified $24,954; San Mateo Union High $24,423; Berkeley Public Schools $22,710; Alameda Unified $16,905; Arcadia Unified $16,616; Lompoc Unified $16,048; Evergreen $15,099; Los Alamitos Unified $15,064; Lincoln Unified $14,566; Westside Union Elementary $13,324; State median, 1,000+ students $16,855.10k15k20k25k30kSanta Monica-Malibu Unified$24,954San Mateo Union High$24,423Berkeley Public Schools$22,710Alameda Unified$16,905Arcadia Unified$16,616Lompoc Unified$16,048Evergreen$15,099Los Alamitos Unified$15,064Lincoln Unified$14,566Westside Union Elementary$13,324State median, 1,000+ students $16,855
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Westside Union Elementary, FY23Santa Monica-Malibu Unified $24,954; San Mateo Union High $24,423; Berkeley Public Schools $22,710; Alameda Unified $16,905; Arcadia Unified $16,616; Lompoc Unified $16,048; Evergreen $15,099; Los Alamitos Unified $15,064; Lincoln Unified $14,566; Westside Union Elementary $13,324; State median, 1,000+ students $16,855.10k15k20k25k30kSanta Monica-Malibu Unified$24,954San Mateo Union High$24,423Berkeley Public Schools$22,710Alameda Unified$16,905Arcadia Unified$16,616Lompoc Unified$16,048Evergreen$15,099Los Alamitos Unified$15,064Lincoln Unified$14,566Westside Union Elementary$13,324State median, 1,000+ students $16,855
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Westside Union Elementary, FY23Santa Monica-Malibu Unified $24,954; San Mateo Union High $24,423; Berkeley Public Schools $22,710; Alameda Unified $16,905; Arcadia Unified $16,616; Lompoc Unified $16,048; Evergreen $15,099; Los Alamitos Unified $15,064; Lincoln Unified $14,566; Westside Union Elementary $13,324; State median, 1,000+ students $16,855.10k20k30kSanta Monica-Malibu Unified$24,954San Mateo Union High$24,423Berkeley Public Schools$22,710Alameda Unified$16,905Arcadia Unified$16,616Lompoc Unified$16,048Evergreen$15,099Los Alamitos Unified$15,064Lincoln Unified$14,566Westside Union Elementary$13,324State median, 1,000+ students $16,855
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Westside Union Elementary, FY23Santa Monica-Malibu Unified $24,954; San Mateo Union High $24,423; Berkeley Public Schools $22,710; Alameda Unified $16,905; Arcadia Unified $16,616; Lompoc Unified $16,048; Evergreen $15,099; Los Alamitos Unified $15,064; Lincoln Unified $14,566; Westside Union Elementary $13,324; State median, 1,000+ students $16,855.10k20k30kSanta Monica-Malibu Unified$24,954San Mateo Union High$24,423Berkeley Public Schools$22,710Alameda Unified$16,905Arcadia Unified$16,616Lompoc Unified$16,048Evergreen$15,099Los Alamitos Unified$15,064Lincoln Unified$14,566Westside Union Elementary$13,324State median, 1,000+ students $16,855

Where the money came from

$174,224,000 in revenue: 66.0% state, 29.0% local and 5.0% federal. Total spending including $6,351,000 of capital outlay was $131,246,000, or $14,729 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Westside Union Elementary revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $115,002,000; Local $50,549,000; Federal $8,673,000; total $174,224,000.
  • State$115,002,000 66%
  • Local$50,549,000 29%
  • Federal$8,673,000 5%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 646 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

8,910 students in 2022-23, 9,138 students in 2023-24, 9,078 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Westside Union Elementary enrollment by school year2022-23: 8,910, 2023-24: 9,138, 2024-25: 9,07802.5k5k7.5k10k2022-238,9102023-249,1382024-259,078
Westside Union Elementary enrollment by school year2022-23: 8,910, 2023-24: 9,138, 2024-25: 9,07802.5k5k7.5k10k2022-238,9102023-249,1382024-259,078
Westside Union Elementary enrollment by school year2022-23: 8,910, 2023-24: 9,138, 2024-25: 9,07802.5k5k7.5k10k2022-238,9102023-249,1382024-259,078
Westside Union Elementary enrollment by school year2022-23: 8,910, 2023-24: 9,138, 2024-25: 9,07802.5k5k7.5k10k2022-238,9102023-249,1382024-259,078

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-238,910346.425.7
2023-249,138354.725.8
2024-259,078354.625.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Westside Union Elementary scored proficient or above: 44% in reading and 28% in math, against 45% in reading and 34% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtCaliforniaStudents tested
Reading and language arts44%45%6,050
Math28%34%6,044

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

10 elementary schools, 7,197 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Esperanza Elementary96225.352.0%Not reported
Sundown Elementary94126.949.4%Not reported
Gregg Anderson Academy89326.325.0%Not reported
Rancho Vista Elementary88626.848.4%Not reported
Quartz Hill Elementary84525.656.1%Not reported
Del Sur Senior Elementary76327.243.4%Not reported
Valley View Elementary65925.357.5%Not reported
Cottonwood Elementary65227.242.0%Not reported
Anaverde Hills51723.544.1%Not reported
Leona Valley Elementary7919.731.6%Not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

2 middle schools, 1,881 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Hillview Middle1,10024.642.5%Not reported
Joe Walker Middle78123.849.4%Not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Westside Union Elementary

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Westside Union Elementary

  1. California districts by spending per studentWestside Union Elementary ranks 593 of 646 California districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($13,324).#593 of 646
  2. Every school district in CaliforniaWestside Union Elementary is the number 174 by size of 1,991 California districts, with 8,911 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#174 of 1,991
  3. Los Alamitos UnifiedThe next larger California district: 8,934 students in fall 2022, $15,064 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,064
  4. Evergreen School DistrictThe next smaller California district: 8,880 students in fall 2022, $15,099 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,099
  5. Compare Westside Union Elementary with Los Alamitos UnifiedEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Westside Union Elementary

  1. How many schools and students are in Westside Union Elementary?
    12 schools were open in 2024-25 (10 elementary, 2 middle), enrolling 9,078 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Westside Union Elementary spend per student?
    $13,324 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the California median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $16,855 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $14,593 per student, up 9.5% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Westside Union Elementary's money come from?
    $174,224,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 66.0% state, 29.0% local and 5.0% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Westside Union Elementary live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 791 of the 8,247 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 9.6%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Westside Union Elementary do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Westside Union Elementary scored proficient or above: 44% in reading and 28% in math, against 45% in reading and 34% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Westside Union Elementary's NCES district ID?
    0642120. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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