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Westwood View Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-6
1st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 657 Kansas Elementary Schools
Better than 100% of Kansas elementary schools
Summary

Westwood View Elementary serves 321 students in prekindergarten through grade 6 in Westwood, Kansas, as part of the Shawnee Mission Public School district. Its latest reported results are strong across English language arts (ELA), math and science, and SchoolDigger rates it 5 stars. The most important finding for families is that it ranks among the area’s strongest schools, with the highest nearby proficiency in ELA and math.

Westwood View Elementary leads nearby schools in ELA, with 94% proficient, and math, with 91%; the next-highest nearby results are 85% at Highlands Elementary in ELA and 81% there in math. In science, 83% is second to Highlands Elementary at 90%. The school also exceeds the district and state in all three subjects: ELA is 94%, compared with 60% districtwide and 46% statewide; math is 91%, versus 57% and 41%; and science is 83%, versus 49% and 38%. So science is a relative weak spot only against the nearby leader, not against district or state results.

Results have risen since 2022–23: ELA increased from 83% to 94%, math from 75% to 91%, and science from 76% to 83%, though science declined from its 2024–25 high of 87%. SchoolDigger ranks the school 1st of 657 Kansas schools for 2025–26, and it has ranked in the top 36 in each reported year since 2015–16. Other context: its student–teacher ratio is 15.5, close to the nearby-school average of 17, and its free/reduced-lunch rate is 7%, the second-lowest nearby. Chronic absenteeism is also low: 3%, compared with 18% in both the district and state, and down from 5% in 2022–23. These figures describe the school and its students, but do not explain what causes its results.

321
Students ?
15.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,279
Per pupil spending ?
6.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 4935 Belinder Ave
       Westwood, KS  66205-1937

(913) 993-5800

District: Shawnee Mission Pub School


Students who attend Westwood View Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Indian Hills Middle
High:    Shawnee Mission East High
Racial breakdown:

White:
82.6%
Hispanic:
7.5%
Two or more races:
6.9%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 99th percentile in 2016 → 100th in 2026
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Kansas average (89% vs 42% meeting standards)
✓Ranks in the top 1% of Kansas elementary schools
✓Among the top-ranked schools in Shawnee Mission Pub School
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school89%
District avg55%
Kansas avg42%
1st of 657
Kansas public elementary schools ?
Top 1%▲ up 1 pts since 2016
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SchoolDigger rating ?
1st of 34Elementary Schools in the Shawnee Mission Pub School
43rd of 268Shawnee Mission Pub School among Kansas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202699.21 of 65799.8%★★★★★
202598.81 of 65699.8%★★★★★
202498.12 of 65399.7%★★★★★
202397.92 of 66099.7%★★★★★
202295.912 of 66898.2%★★★★★
202193.129 of 67095.7%★★★★★
201991.236 of 66794.6%★★★★★
201895.112 of 65698.2%★★★★★
201796.58 of 65998.8%★★★★★
201695.68 of 65698.8%★★★★★
201593.05 of 67899.3%★★★★★
201383.423 of 66896.6%★★★★★
201276.180 of 66087.9%★★★★☆
201180.641 of 63193.5%★★★★★
201084.311 of 63098.3%★★★★★
200980.630 of 62195.2%★★★★★
200882.938 of 61493.8%★★★★★
200767.6211 of 60064.8%★★★☆☆
200680.757 of 58590.3%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202699.01 of 58599.8%★★★★★
202185.853 of 59191.0%★★★★★
201985.149 of 59191.7%★★★★★
201892.323 of 57496.0%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202698.71 of 59499.8%★★★★★
202196.09 of 60598.5%★★★★★
201994.114 of 58697.6%★★★★★
201895.413 of 57597.7%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202698.21 of 57699.8%★★★★★
202597.51 of 57699.8%★★★★★
202496.13 of 57999.5%★★★★★
202396.05 of 58499.1%★★★★★
202293.911 of 59698.2%★★★★★
202191.823 of 58796.1%★★★★★
201988.140 of 59293.2%★★★★★
201891.921 of 57496.3%★★★★★
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Male (2026)100th percentile~ school
Female (2026)100th percentile~ school
White (2026)100th percentile~ school
By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts94%+48 vs state
Mathematics91%+50 vs state
Science83%+45 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Westwood View Elementary

Students at Westwood View Elementary are 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Yes! Westwood View Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 1st of 657 Kansas elementary schools.

Students who attend Westwood View Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Indian Hills Middle
High : Shawnee Mission East High

In the 2024-25 school year, 321 students attended Westwood View Elementary.

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Latest Kansas data All new data »
2024–25 school spending dataNewNov 2, 2026
2024–25 graduation ratesNewNov 1, 2026
2025–26 attendance dataOct 13, 2026
2025–26 KAP test scoresOct 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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