West Forest Intermediate School

Located at 2801 Waverly Pkwy, in Opelika, Alabama, West Forest Intermediate School is a small elementary-level community that hosts 393 students (grades 3 through 5), operated by Opelika City.

West Forest Intermediate School is one of 9 schools operated by Opelika City, a district that enrolls 5,377 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Forest Intermediate School logs that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 41% Hispanic, 8% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, West Forest Intermediate School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Lee County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, West Forest Intermediate School ranks in the top 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 17.4%; West Forest Intermediate School posts 36.4%, +19.0 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lee County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,824 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. West Forest Intermediate School is one of 41 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 24,812 students).

Nearest neighbor: Opelika Middle School, around 2.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, West Forest Intermediate School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Forest Intermediate School has climbed 8%, going from 365 students in 2018 to 393 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 24% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for West Forest Intermediate School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.