West Elementary

Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 5 · Morristown, Tennessee

West Elementary in Morristown, Tennessee enrolled 466 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 27-33% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 44% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 35% and 34.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment rose 4% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers fell 3%

432 students in 2022-23, 448 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 32.7 to 31.7.

Students enrolled at West Elementary by school year2022-23: 432, 2023-24: 44802004006002022-234322023-24448
Students enrolled at West Elementary by school year2022-23: 432, 2023-24: 44802004006002022-234322023-24448
Students enrolled at West Elementary by school year2022-23: 432, 2023-24: 44802004006002022-234322023-24448
Students enrolled at West Elementary by school year2022-23: 432, 2023-24: 44802004006002022-234322023-24448
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2343232.713.2
2023-2444831.714.1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

One counselor per 374 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection West Elementary enrolled 374 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 374 of the 374 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions0
  • Chronically absent16.9% (2022-23)

Who attends

41.6% of students were White, 40.8% Hispanic, 10.9% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. White41.6%
  2. Hispanic40.8%
  3. Two or more races10.9%
  4. Black4.9%
  5. Asian0.9%
  6. Pacific Islander0.6%
  7. American Indian0.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at West Elementary scored proficient or above: 27-33% in reading in 2021-22 and 44% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. 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 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Reading and language arts, 2021-2227‑33%34%35%
Math, 2022-2344%35% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Elementary schools in Morristown

9 public elementary schools in Morristown report 2024-25 enrollment; West Elementary is number 6 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Hillcrest Elementary64714.9not reported
Manley Elementary64614.9not reported
Alpha Elementary59515.9not reported
Lincoln Heights Elementary56513.6not reported
Fairview Marguerite49013.6not reported
West Elementary46613.2not reported
Union Heights Elementary29014.7not reported
John Hay Elementary26913.2not reported

All public schools in Morristown →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about West Elementary

  1. Fairview MargueriteThe nearest public elementary school, 1.2 miles away: 490 students, 13.6 per teacher (2024-25).1.2 mi
  2. Hillcrest ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 1.6 miles away: 647 students, 14.9 per teacher (2024-25).1.6 mi
  3. Compare West Elementary with Fairview MargueriteStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Hamblen County Department of Education spends per student$10,596 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$10,596
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeWest Elementary is the number 470 by size of 998 Tennessee elementary schools open in 2024-25.#470 of 998
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about West Elementary

  1. How many students attend West Elementary?
    466 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 432 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Morristown, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at West Elementary?
    13.2 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is West Elementary a Title I school?
    West Elementary ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at West Elementary do on state tests?
    The students tested at West Elementary scored proficient or above: 27-33% in reading in 2021-22 and 44% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Tennessee'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 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is West Elementary in?
    Hamblen County Department of Education, NCES district ID 4700001. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470000101937 are the district's.

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 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.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: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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