West Gate K-8 School

West Gate K-8 earned a B in the 2025-26 state grades, with 64 percent of possible points, graded on the combination school scale.

In the state workbook, West Gate appears as school 0421 in district 56, St. Lucie, with school type 04, which the legend defines as a combination school. The line shows 635 total points earned across 10 components, 64 percent of total possible points with 98 percent tested (state grades file, West Gate row). For high and combination schools, the note at the top of the file puts the A line at 65 percent of points or more and the B band at 60 to 64 percent (FLDOE workbook, grading scale note). The same West Gate line lists an A for 2025 and an A for 2024 (FLDOE workbook, grade columns).

Both 2024-25 high school columns, graduation rate and college and career acceleration, are left empty on the West Gate row (FLDOE workbook, West Gate component cells).

West Gate carries state letters from 2007 through 2026 in the FLDOE file, with B grades in 2007, 2013, 2022, the 2023 baseline and 2026 and A grades in the other lettered columns.

The workbook has no 2020 column, the West Gate cell under 2021 is empty, and the columns for 2006 back to 1999 hold no letter for this school. Both the 2023 and the 2015 columns are labeled Informational Baseline (FLDOE workbook, West Gate letter history).

Under state law, a B describes a school making above average progress and an A describes excellent progress (section 1008.34, Florida Statutes, school grades).

West Gate K-8 sits at 1050 NW Cashmere Blvd, Port St. Lucie, FL 34986, an address on Cashmere Boulevard that the Census Bureau geocoder places inside the city limits of the City of Port St. Lucie.

The district profile gives the main phone as (772) 807-7600 and the fax as (772) 807-7616 (St. Lucie Public Schools profile, West Gate K-8). Checked against the Incorporated Places layer, the geocoder matches 1050 NW CASHMERE BLVD, PORT ST LUCIE, FL, 34986 and returns Port St. Lucie with GEOID 1258715 (U.S. Census Bureau geocoder, West Gate address). The school's own site spells the city Port Saint Lucie at the top and bottom of its pages (West Gate K-8 website, contact block).

On the profile, West Gate is assigned to the Red zone and to School Board District 3 (West Gate profile, General Information). The district's Student Assignment office draws three zones for its elementary and middle schools, using Midway Road and the Turnpike as the lines, with each zone reaching into both Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie, and places the Red Zone west of the Turnpike and below Midway Road (district zone map text).

The federal school locator lists 1,639 students at West Gate K-8 in its 2024-2025 membership data, while the district profile sets the building's capacity at 1,710.

The two sources describe the grade span differently. The NCES search result shows grades PK-8 for west gate k-8 school (NCES public school search, West Gate result), and the district profile lists Grades K-8 (West Gate profile, grades and capacity). Families asking about a prekindergarten seat can confirm with the school office, since the district profile does not list one.

The state file flags West Gate as Title I, lists it as a non-charter school, and records 61.1 as its percent of economically disadvantaged students (FLDOE workbook, West Gate Title I and charter columns). The profile names the mascot as the Mustangs and the school colors as maroon and black (West Gate profile, mascot and colors).

The district profile lists West Gate's hours as 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and after school care on the profile goes through the Boys and Girls Clubs, reachable at (772) 398-0291.

Both details sit in the General Information and After School Care blocks of the West Gate profile (West Gate profile, General Information and care listing). The West Gate site keeps a Calendar and Bell Schedules page, a Transportation Registration page and a bus number lookup for daily logistics (West Gate K-8 website, Student Life and links).

The website's parent menus also carry the School Lunch Application, the School Lunch Menu, Volunteering and Volunteer Registration, along with the Student Handbook, the Dress Code and the Code of Student Conduct (West Gate website, Parent Resources).

The West Gate website lists ESE, 504 and ELL services, a School Advisory Committee, athletics and a monthly Gate Tales newsletter.

Its menus include The Mustang Way, Media Center and Resources, Educational Resources and pages for instructional, non-instructional and support staff, under the banner Every Student. Every Day. Every Opportunity. (West Gate K-8 website, menus). Gate Tales issues are posted for August 2026 and September 2026, with a separate list of 2025-2026 issues. The school's stated vision is to empower students to become confident, empathetic and critical thinkers (West Gate website, vision statement).

Among the ten graded components, West Gate's middle school acceleration value is 72 (FLDOE workbook, West Gate column O). Section 1008.34 measures it, for a school with grades 6 through 8, by the percentage of its eligible students who either pass a statewide high school level end of course assessment or attain a national industry certification on the CAPE funding list (section 1008.34, middle grades component).

Enrollment at West Gate starts with St. Lucie Public Schools Student Assignment, where families apply online for a zone school and then register online once a school is assigned.

Student Assignment calls this a 2 step process and lists for the application an original birth certificate, a Social Security card when one is available, proof of where the family lives, the prior school's name and address, and an IEP copy for a child in Exceptional Education (Student Assignment, required documents). The office answers at (772) 429-3930. The foot of the West Gate profile gives the district office as 9461 Brandywine Lane, ZIP 34986-2209, phone (772) 429-3600 (West Gate profile, district footer).

Last verified: October 22, 2026, against the West Gate line in the FLDOE 2025-26 grades file, the district profile, the West Gate website, the NCES locator, the Census geocoder, Student Assignment and section 1008.34.