Westmoor Elementary School, Scottsbluff NE

Original Research by School Decision on Westmoor Elementary School

Westmoor Elementary School serves students from preschool through fifth grade in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, as one of six neighborhood elementary schools in the Scottsbluff Public Schools district. The school occupies a regular public school building on Avenue K, within the mix of residential neighborhoods and commercial strips that make up the city. Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandle and functions as a retail and service hub for western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming. Agriculture, particularly sugar beet processing, shapes the local economy, and the city’s downtown along Broadway holds historic landmarks like the Midwest Theater and the Lincoln Hotel. The area is affordable relative to the rest of Nebraska, with home values that sit below the state average, and the housing market has seen modest appreciation in the past year. Combined with neighboring towns Gering and Terrytown, the region forms a population base that supports a district of about a dozen schools.

The student body at Westmoor reflects its community. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating an economically diverse enrollment. Racially, the school is mostly white and Hispanic, with very small shares of American Indian, Asian, Black, and multiracial students. The school is home to about the number of students you would expect for a PK–5 building in a district with six elementaries. Grade-level enrollment is fairly even across kindergarten through fifth grade, with a smaller preschool group.

State testing results from the 2024–25 school year give a mixed picture. In math, performance varied sharply by grade: third-grade proficiency was well above half, while fourth-grade proficiency was essentially zero. Fifth-grade math proficiency returned to a level above half. In English language arts, proficiency rates across all tested grades were below half, with fourth grade again the lowest and third and fifth grades slightly higher but still weak. Science, which is only tested in fifth grade, showed a proficiency rate above half, the strongest single result for the school. When compared against other districts in Scotts Bluff County, Westmoor’s overall proficiency across subjects and grades fell in the bottom quarter. The school’s multi-year trend data was not computable from the available information, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent a one-year dip or a longer pattern.

Because the school serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The district itself is in a period of facility uncertainty: publicly reported news describes that in 2024, voters rejected a major bond measure that would have funded a new elementary school and renovations across the district. The school board has since discussed pursuing a smaller bond or addressing needs in phases, so the condition and capacity of Westmoor’s building are matters a family might want to investigate directly.

For a parent or resident, Westmoor Elementary is a neighborhood school in a regional city that anchors a rural area. The academic results, particularly the very low fourth-grade math reading, and the bottom-quartile county comparison, are soft spots that call for conversation with the school about instruction, support, and grade-level transitions. The economic context is one of relative affordability, and the school’s diversity in income and background is a plain characteristic of the community it serves. The district’s unresolved facility needs add another layer of context for families considering enrollment.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 362%

School 62% · District 67% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 62 pts above state median · ▲ 62 pts above county median

Grade 40%

School 0% · District 58% · ▼ 58 pts below district

even with state median · even with county median

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 69% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 61 pts above state median · ▲ 61 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 56% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▲ 41 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 51% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 60% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Science

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 88% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▲ 67 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

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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 4Lower-income39%Higher-income66%27 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income49%Higher-income73%24 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income73%Higher-income81%8 pp gap