Elementary · Ohio
Portsmouth West Elementary School
Free meals for allPortsmouth West Elementary School, a public elementary school in West Portsmouth, Ohio: grades pre-k–4, 486 students, 17.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Washington-Nile Local.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 486
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.4
- Grades
- Pre-K–4
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 49% of elementary schools in Ohio
Median 17.4 · 1,726 schools compared
More students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 70% of elementary schools in Ohio
Median 391 · 1,732 schools compared
Larger than 64% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Ohio's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Ohio: 61%58%proficient
+3.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 61% of elementary schools in Ohio
Median 64% · 1,573 elementary schools compared
174 students tested, grades 3–8 · Ohio's State Tests (OST); proficient means Levels 3-5
Math
Ohio: 57%65%proficient
−10.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 51% of elementary schools in Ohio
Median 65% · 1,573 elementary schools compared
173 students tested, grades 3–8 · Ohio's State Tests (OST); proficient means Levels 3-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–4
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Washington-Nile Local
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Washington-Nile Local.
Location
- Address
- 15332A Us Highway 52, West Portsmouth, OH 45663
- Phone
- (740)858-1116
- County
- Scioto County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Portsmouth ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 791 | 13.5 |
Mckell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 465 | 14.0 |
| Pre-K–5 | 326 | 29.6 | |
Stanton Primary Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 136 | 12.4 |
East Portsmouth ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 134 | 13.4 |
Garrison Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 292 | 14.2 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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