Westlake Middle School

Westlake Middle School is a junior high of big scale in BROOMFIELD, Colorado, overseen by Adams 12 Five Star Schools, enrolling 853 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 85% larger than the state mean of about 462.

Across the 54 schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools (34,466 students total), Westlake Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westlake Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder comes out to 30% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the resource side, On paper, Westlake Middle School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 33% of students at Westlake Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Broomfield County (around 24%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Westlake Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Broomfield County) reports that median household earnings sit near $123,874, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Broomfield County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,844 students), of which Westlake Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Legacy High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westlake Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westlake Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Westlake Middle School's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 1,166 (now 853). Over the same period, the White share fell from 67% to 59%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.