Westview K-8, Jacksonville FL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Westview K-8

Westview K-8 is a public school in Jacksonville's 32210 zip code, serving children from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. It sits on the west side of the city, a part of Jacksonville that is largely residential and auto-dependent, well removed from the downtown riverfront activity that defines the city's growth story. The school is part of Duval County Public Schools, one of the largest district systems in Florida.

The student body is large for a K-8 school. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which signals a community where economic resources are stretched. The school is racially diverse, with Black students making up the largest share, followed by Hispanic students and white students, with smaller representations of Asian, multiracial, and other groups. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in what we reviewed.

On the Florida FAST assessments, proficiency rates across tested grades tell a consistent story: the school's results are low, and a parent should weigh that carefully. In math, third grade stands out as the strongest result, but by fourth and fifth grade the share of students reaching proficiency drops considerably, and eighth grade math proficiency is the lowest of any tested grade. In English language arts, results are weaker still across the board. Fifth grade ELA proficiency is particularly low. Science scores, tested in fifth and eighth grade, also fall well below what most parents would hope to see. No trend data was available to say whether these results are improving, holding steady, or declining, so a parent who wants to understand trajectory should ask the school directly.

No program offerings data was available for Westview. Whether the school offers gifted services, after-school enrichment, dual language programming, or other specialized instruction is not something the data we reviewed could confirm. A parent should ask those questions of the school or the district.

The housing market around the school is notably more affordable than Florida's statewide median, and home values in this zip code have dipped modestly year over year. Rent levels are also below state norms, and the rent-to-income relationship is within a reasonable range by national standards. For families priced out of Jacksonville's hotter east-side and suburban growth corridors, the west side offers access to the city at a lower cost of entry. Jacksonville overall is growing fast and is attracting investment, particularly downtown, but that momentum has not yet visibly reshaped the neighborhoods immediately around this school based on what the data shows.

Duval County's district brief came back without confirmed recent policy or programmatic changes, so we left district-level strategic context out rather than guess.

The picture that emerges is a school serving a high-need community where measured academic outcomes are well below state averages across subjects and grade levels. A parent enrolling here, or considering this school as a neighborhood option, may want to have direct conversations with staff about what instructional supports are in place, how students who are behind grade level are identified and served, and what the school's own account of its improvement direction looks like.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 361%

School 61% · District 59% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 434%

School 34% · District 60% · ▼ 26 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 54% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 47% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 43% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 47% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 339%

School 39% · District 51% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 50% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 50% · ▼ 34 pts below district

▼ 39 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 634%

School 34% · District 49% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 729%

School 29% · District 48% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 47% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Science

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 52% · ▼ 33 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 37% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

This schoolDUVAL, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income40%Higher-income38%2 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income36%Higher-income25%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income11%Higher-income22%12 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income35%2 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income24%Higher-income36%12 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income37%Higher-income29%8 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income58%Higher-income65%7 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income30%Higher-income39%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income32%Higher-income46%15 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income57%Higher-income45%12 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income51%Higher-income44%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income34%Higher-income27%7 pp gap