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Enrollment
853
Middle
DISTRICT 802 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS·NCES 080690001194
Westlake Middle School
2800 WEST 135TH AVENUE, BROOMFIELD, CO 80020 · (720) 972-5200 · Broomfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL853 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Colorado public middle schools
- A-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
18.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
279 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 299 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 268 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 286 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
55.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
44.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 44.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.9% | 43.5% |
% 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Westlake Middle School
Westlake Middle School's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake Middle School this school | 853 | 32.7% | 49.8% |
| Coal Ridge Middle School FIRESTONE | 727 | 31.9% | 39.7% |
| Timberview Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 837 | 31.8% | 43.8% |
| Goddard Middle School LITTLETON | 575 | 35.1% | 49.5% |
| Sierra Middle School PARKER | 805 | 26.8% | 43.3% |
| Mountain Ridge Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 690 | 35.2% | 46.6% |
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 Westlake Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #55 of 241 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #59 of 244 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #65 of 246 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 853 | #21 of 278 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #193 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #72 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #177 of 246 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #50 of 169 |
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
853
-166 (-16%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 920
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 853 | 45.8 | 18.6:1 | 33% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 864 | 49.2 | 17.6:1 | 30% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 909 | 49.4 | 18.4:1 | 29% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 1,019 | 56 | 18.2:1 | 27% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 1,166 | 58.6 | 19.9:1 | 25% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 1,138 | 58 | 19.6:1 | 25% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 948 | 49 | 19.4:1 | 28% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 1,007 | 49 | 20.6:1 | 14% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 920 | 51 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westlake Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (1,166 to 853); teachers down 22% (58.6 to 45.8).
About Westlake Middle School
BROOMFIELD, Colorado, is home to Westlake Middle School, a large middle school. The school counts 853 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 85% bigger than the 462 average for middle schools in Colorado.
Within Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Westlake Middle School is one of 54 schools. The district enrolls 34,466 students.
White students are the majority at Westlake Middle School, with 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 76% White. Westlake Middle School's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 18.6:1 comes from the school's 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. The lunch program counts 33% of students at Westlake Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Broomfield County, the average is 24%.
allk12 grades Westlake Middle School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Westlake Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Colorado is predicted to score 46.9%. Westlake Middle School scores 49.8%, 2.9 points above that line.
Westlake Middle School is located in Broomfield County, where the median household income is $123,874, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 60%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Besides Westlake Middle School, Broomfield County has 15 other public schools.
Legacy High School is the public school closest to Westlake Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Westlake Middle School at 3rd of 8.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at Westlake Middle School dropped 16% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,019 to 853 students.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Broomfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
76,304
Census ACS
Median income
$123,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
11,844 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Northglenn High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Prospect Ridge AcademyCombined · 1,478 students
Other schools in BROOMFIELD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Broomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,693 students
- Prospect Ridge AcademyCombined · 1,478 students
- Aspen Creek K-8 SchoolElementary · 844 students
- Jefferson Academy ElementaryElementary · 737 students
- Thunder Vista P-8Elementary · 725 students
Other Westlake Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Westlake Middle. Westlake Middle School is the largest of the 4.
- WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLTHORNWOOD, NY · 477 students
- Westlake Middle SchoolErie, PA · 477 students
- Westlake MiddleOakland, CA · 279 students
Nearby schools
- Legacy High School0.2 mi · 2,052
- Centennial Elementary School0.5 mi · 293
- Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School0.8 mi · 465
- Meridian Elementary School0.9 mi · 525
- Coyote Ridge Elementary School1.4 mi · 392
- Mountain View Elementary School1.7 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Westlake Middle SchoolHow many students attend Westlake Middle School?
Westlake Middle School enrolls approximately 853 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Westlake Middle School serve?
Westlake Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Westlake Middle School have?
Westlake Middle School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
How diverse is Westlake Middle School?
Westlake Middle School reports a student body of 59% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Westlake Middle School?
Westlake Middle School is overseen by Adams 12 Five Star Schools in Broomfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.