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What advice would you give to incoming students at West Middle School?
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Enrollment
468
Middle
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435000629
West Middle School
123 W ORCHARD AVE, GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81505 · (970) 254-5090 · Mesa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Colorado public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
244 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 162 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 163 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 143 | 31% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
43.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
25.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.7% | 25.9% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 22.1% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like West Middle School
West Middle School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Middle School this school | 468 | 52.1% | 33.0% |
| Blevins Middle School FORT COLLINS | 363 | 52.1% | 39.7% |
| Columbine Middle School MONTROSE | 491 | 50.7% | 30.3% |
| Craig Middle School CRAIG | 419 | 52.3% | 26.4% |
| Boltz Middle School FORT COLLINS | 551 | 49.2% | 38.8% |
| Bill Reed Middle School LOVELAND | 530 | 47.0% | 24.6% |
Matched among Colorado middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where West Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #117 of 241 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #123 of 244 ▲ 10 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #112 of 246 ▲ 9 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #135 of 278 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #134 of 227 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #121 of 227 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #116 of 246 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.6% | #12 of 55 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
468
+126 (+37%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 468 | 28.5 | 16.4:1 | 52% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 52% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 21.1 | 15.0:1 | 34% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 44% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 24.9 | 15.5:1 | 35% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 37% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 38% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 25% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 27 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (385 to 468); teachers up 15% (24.9 to 28.5).
About West Middle School
West Middle School is the name of a mid-sized middle school in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado. It reported 468 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
The Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 system has 45 schools and 20,344 students.
At West Middle School, 67% of students are White. Other students are 24% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is lower than the 82% White share among all Mesa County residents. The diversity index for West Middle School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Middle School is 16.4:1, based on 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. Lunch program data show 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Mesa County is similar, at 53%.
Among Colorado public middle schools, West Middle School outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
West Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (33.0%) and its predicted rate (35.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools.
In Mesa County, median household income comes to about $73,658, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 57, with about 22,232 students.
Grand Junction High School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, West Middle School ranks 5th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
West Middle School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, West Middle School enrolled 342 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 468.
This page is set up for the West Middle School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Mesa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,601
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
22,232 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
- Grand Junction High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
- Fruita Monument High SchoolHigh · 1,427 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Palisade High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Fruita Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Redlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
Other schools in GRAND JUNCTION
- Grand Junction High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Caprock AcademyCombined · 871 students
- Redlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Orchard Mesa Middle SchoolMiddle · 560 students
- Bookcliff Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
Other West Middle schools
21 other US public schools in 13 states are named West Middle. West Middle School is the 16th largest of the 22.
- West Middle SchoolGREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO · 1,019 students
- West Middle SchoolDENVER, CO · 188 students
- West Middle SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 119 students
- West Middle SchoolTRAVERSE CITY, MI · 1,081 students
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 906 students
Nearby schools
- Grand Junction High School0.5 mi · 1,832
- Pomona Elementary School0.6 mi · 395
- Tope Elementary School0.6 mi · 370
- Juniper Ridge Community School0.8 mi · 375
- Wildflower Montessori Public School of Colorado Grand Valley1.1 mi · 40
- Chipeta Elementary School1.1 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About West Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at West Middle School?
West Middle School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does West Middle School serve?
West Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does West Middle School have?
West Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at West Middle School?
Student demographics at West Middle School are roughly 67% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is West Middle School in?
West Middle School is part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.