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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
893
Middle
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000733
WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
4815 WESCONNETT BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32210 · (904) 573-1000 · Duval County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL893 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
559 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
27.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
33.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
893
+271 (+44%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 18.9:1
% White
14%
was 18%
% Hispanic
22%
was 12%
% Black
55%
was 63%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized middle-grades school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, operated by DUVAL. The school hosts 893 students in grades 6 through 8.
Across the 206 schools in DUVAL (131,562 students total), WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black, at 55% of enrollment; the rest looks like 22% Hispanic, 14% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.3:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Duval County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
With demographic context factored in, WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.8%; this one comes in at 33.6%, -16.2 points off the demographic line.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Duval County) reports that median household earnings sit near $71,277, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).
Nearest neighbor: CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.6%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 44% since 2018, when it stood at 622 (now 893). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 12% to 22%. Class-load math has widened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,023,153
Census ACS
Median income
$71,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
220
141,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Nearby schools
- CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 398
- HIDDEN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 191
- TIMUCUAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 512
- OAK HILL ACADEMY1.4 mi · 280
- CHARGER ACADEMY1.4 mi · 964
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 893 students in grades 06-08.
Is WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
What is the student diversity at WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 14% White, 22% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.