Summary:
Westwood Elementary is a public elementary school located in Stockton, California, serving grades K-6 with a student population of 443. It is part of the Lodi Unified School District, which is ranked 951 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Westwood Elementary faces several challenges, including a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 16.3% in 2018-2019 to 48.4% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by the Smarter Balanced Assessments, is consistently below the Lodi Unified School District and California state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 35.24% of Westwood Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 37.78% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate at Westwood Elementary was 24.06%, compared to 27.66% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with male students generally performing better than female students, and Asian and Hispanic students performing significantly below their peers statewide.
Westwood Elementary has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 78.27% to 85.87% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school also has a relatively high student-teacher ratio, ranging from 21.4 to 22.2 over the past few years, which is higher than the district and state averages. When compared to nearby schools in the same district, Westwood Elementary generally performs worse academically, with lower proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. However, some nearby schools, such as Clairmont Elementary and Ansel Adams, also struggle with low academic performance, indicating broader challenges within the Lodi Unified School District. The charter schools in the area, Aspire Vincent Shalvey Academy and Aspire River Oaks Charter, consistently outperform Westwood Elementary and other district schools in academic measures.
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Detail:
Public K-6
District:
Lodi Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
3742nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,201
Students who attend Westwood Elementary usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 23.1
Number of students: 441
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
43.8%
Asian:
34.7%
Two or more races:
10.0%
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African American:
5.4%
White:
4.5%
Pacific Islander:
1.6%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 92.3%
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