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.

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