Summary:
Zip code 93624 in the rural Five Points, California area is served by a single K-8 school, Westside Elementary, with 135 students in the Westside Elementary district.
Westside Elementary is a school of notable contrasts, showing both significant strengths and clear challenges. On the positive side, the school has made dramatic improvement in its statewide ranking over the past three years, jumping from the 7th to the 42nd percentile. It also excels in student attendance, with a chronic absenteeism rate of 10.2% that is less than half the state average. However, academic proficiency, particularly in mathematics where only 15.79% of students are proficient, remains well below state averages. Performance also varies wildly between grade levels, with 5th graders scoring far above average in English while 8th graders score far below.
For parents, this school represents a small, close-knit community environment that is successfully getting students to attend regularly and is on a strong upward trajectory. The high per-student spending indicates significant investment. The primary concern is academic outcomes, especially in math, which have not yet caught up to the school's excellent attendance and rapid improvement. The extreme differences in performance between grades suggest that the quality of a child's experience could depend heavily on their specific teacher and grade level.
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