1
Which teacher or staff member at WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
854
Middle
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003000012
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
1262 NW 31ST DRIVE, GAINESVILLE, FL 32605 · (352) 955-6718 · Alachua County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL854 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Florida public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
409 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 267 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 266 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 321 | 38% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
43.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 40.9% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 854 | 47.9% | 43.1% |
| KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 1,014 | 49.9% | 58.9% |
| FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 840 | 51.3% | 55.7% |
| TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 914 | 43.8% | 42.8% |
| RODGERS MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 900 | 47.2% | 41.2% |
| EUSTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL EUSTIS | 790 | 48.0% | 41.6% |
Matched among Florida 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 WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #430 of 560 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #459 of 560 ▼ 25 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #413 of 560 ▼ 71 | #7 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 854 | #256 of 584 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #491 of 547 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #16 of 553 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #329 of 565 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #151 of 379 | N/A |
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
854
-39 (-4%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 880
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 854 | 37.8 | 22.6:1 | 48% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 795 | 34.2 | 23.3:1 | 53% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 847 | 29 | 29.2:1 | 56% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 893 | 45 | 19.8:1 | 49% (440) |
| 2017-18 | 1,039 | 59 | 17.6:1 | 58% (598) |
| 2015-16 | 940 | 55 | 17.1:1 | 43% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 994 | 60 | 16.6:1 | 51% (505) |
| 2000-01 | 957 | 51 | 18.8:1 | 39% (377) |
| 1990-91 | 880 | 43 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school located in GAINESVILLE, Florida. It teaches 854 students in grades 6 through 8.
A total of 60 schools make up ALACHUA, with 28,255 students enrolled.
White students make up 33% of enrollment at WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Black, 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Alachua County overall, about 61% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 22.6:1. Across middle schools in Florida, the average ratio is 19.6:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 48%. Public schools in Alachua County average a similar 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Florida public middle schools.
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is 14.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.1% versus 57.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Census data for Alachua County show the median household earns about $61,949 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 68 public schools in the county, enrolling about 29,618, WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is behind the 54.7% nearby average, ranking 6th of 6.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 854 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 893. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.8:1 to 22.6:1 over the same years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
Alachua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
285,492
Census ACS
Median income
$61,949
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
29,618 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALACHUA
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,416 students
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,291 students
- SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,132 students
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 962 students
Other schools in GAINESVILLE
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,416 students
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- P.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOLCombined · 1,363 students
- EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,291 students
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 840 students
Other Westwood Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Westwood Middle. WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 8.
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLWINTER HAVEN, FL · 712 students
- Westwood MiddleDanville, VA · 642 students
- Westwood Middle SchoolSpokane, WA · 624 students
- Westwood Middle SchoolElyria, OH · 480 students
- Westwood Middle SchoolManchester, TN · 472 students
Nearby schools
- LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 714
- GLEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 429
- CAROLYN BEATRICE PARKER ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 501
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,825
- ALACHUA VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)2.1 mi · 29
- ALACHUA ESCHOOL (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE)2.1 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 854 students in grades 06-08.
Is WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 22.6:1 students per teacher at WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 33% White, 23% Hispanic, 32% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALACHUA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.