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If you could change one rule at West Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,019
Middle
DISTRICT 928 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291000207
West Middle School
5151 SOUTH HOLLY, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80121 · (720) 554-5100 · Arapahoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,019 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Colorado public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.6:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
184 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 353 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 311 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 355 | 35% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
71.1%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
63.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.1% | 63.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 57.4% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 (64.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Middle School this school | 1,019 | 18.1% | 64.5% |
| Erie Middle School ERIE | 762 | 15.5% | 55.4% |
| Cimarron Middle PARKER | 1,052 | 14.7% | 47.9% |
| Chinook Trail Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 1,075 | 16.9% | 53.5% |
| Mountain Ridge Middle School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 752 | 14.6% | 61.0% |
| Summit Ridge Middle School LITTLETON | 851 | 24.3% | 40.8% |
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 Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #15 of 241 | #3 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #11 of 244 ▲ 7 | #3 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #16 of 246 ▲ 3 | #1 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,019 | #11 of 278 | #5 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #171 of 227 | #16 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #122 of 227 | #16 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.1% | #226 of 246 | #21 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #71 of 169 | #10 of 18 |
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
1,019
-137 (-12%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 873
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 1,019 | 57.7 | 17.6:1 | 18% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 986 | 56.1 | 17.6:1 | 19% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 1,062 | 59.5 | 17.8:1 | 14% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 1,156 | 60 | 19.3:1 | 12% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 1,304 | 69.2 | 18.9:1 | 14% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 1,225 | 65 | 18.9:1 | 15% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 1,132 | 62 | 18.3:1 | 12% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 1,376 | 80 | 17.2:1 | 6% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 873 | 51 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,304 to 1,019); teachers down 17% (69.2 to 57.7).
About West Middle School
Students in GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colorado, attend West Middle School, a large middle school. It teaches 1,019 students in grades 6 through 8. That is 121% larger than the average of about 462 students for middle schools in Colorado.
Cherry Creek School District has 70 schools and 52,099 students, and West Middle School is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at West Middle School are White (69%). Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. In Arapahoe County overall, about 59% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
There are 57.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at West Middle School, giving a ratio of 17.6:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Colorado is 15.9:1. A total of 184 students, or 18%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Arapahoe County is 32 points.
West Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 93% of Colorado public middle schools.
West Middle School is 8.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (64.5% versus 55.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
In Arapahoe County, home to about 659,844 people, median household income comes to about $101,087, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Arapahoe County's 176 public schools enroll about 115,502 students and include West Middle School.
Of the public schools around it, West Middle School is closest to Greenwood Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts West Middle School at 4th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put West Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,019, down from 1,156 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 19.3:1 to 17.6:1.
The West Middle School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Arapahoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
659,844
Census ACS
Median income
$101,087
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
115,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherry Creek School District
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
Other schools in GREENWOOD VILLAGE
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Campus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,311 students
- Cherry Creek Charter AcademyElementary · 594 students
- Belleview Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- High Plains Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
Other West Middle schools
21 other US public schools in 13 states are named West Middle. West Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 22.
- West Middle SchoolGRAND JUNCTION, CO · 468 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
- Greenwood Elementary School0.5 mi · 355
- Lois Lenski Elementary School1.5 mi · 509
- Thomas Jefferson High School1.6 mi · 1,390
- Southmoor Elementary School1.8 mi · 431
- Heritage Elementary School1.9 mi · 302
- Newton Middle School2.1 mi · 781
Frequently asked questions
About West Middle SchoolHow large is West Middle School?
West Middle School enrolls approximately 1,019 students in grades 06-08.
Is West Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
West Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does West Middle School have?
West Middle School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
How diverse is West Middle School?
West Middle School reports a student body of 69% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees West Middle School?
West Middle School is overseen by Cherry Creek School District in Arapahoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.