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What's something WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
712
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159001729
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
3520 AVENUE J NW, WINTER HAVEN, FL 33881 · (863) 965-5484 · Polk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Florida public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
550 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 178 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 242 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 292 | 41% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
37.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
37.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 37.1% |
| 2023-24 | 25.3% | 27.6% |
% 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 (32.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 712 | 77.2% | 32.9% |
| DENISON MIDDLE SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 684 | 75.4% | 32.4% |
| SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 886 | 76.6% | 27.9% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 746 | 73.3% | 35.3% |
| BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL SARASOTA | 811 | 73.2% | 43.8% |
| LAKE ALFRED POLYTECH ACADEMY LAKE ALFRED | 734 | 72.8% | 45.0% |
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 Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #535 of 560 | #18 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #503 of 560 ▲ 34 | #17 of 24 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #476 of 560 ▲ 57 | #17 of 24 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #368 of 584 | #16 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #48 of 547 | #1 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #139 of 553 | #10 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.2% | #25 of 565 | #4 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #358 of 379 | #11 of 13 |
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
712
-15 (-2%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 712 | 44 | 16.2:1 | 77% (550) |
| 2023-24 | 829 | 42 | 19.7:1 | 78% (645) |
| 2022-23 | 878 | 40 | 21.9:1 | 70% (618) |
| 2020-21 | 727 | 43 | 16.9:1 | 72% (526) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 48 | 15.0:1 | 68% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 758 | 54 | 14.0:1 | 67% (508) |
| 2010-11 | 955 | 66 | 14.5:1 | 85% (809) |
| 2000-01 | 1,070 | 59 | 18.1:1 | 57% (612) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 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, located in WINTER HAVEN, Florida, is a mid-sized middle school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 712 students.
POLK counts 163 schools and 116,552 students, including WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About 45% of students at WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL are Hispanic, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 33% Black, 17% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Polk County, the Hispanic share is about 29%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.2:1. Middle schools in Florida have an average ratio of 19.6:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 77%. The rate at public schools in Polk County averages 65%, lower than here.
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Florida public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.9%; the prediction is 42.5%.
In Polk County, median household income comes to about $65,978, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 172, with about 117,004 students.
Measured in a straight line, INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.0 miles from WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 727 to 712.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
790,694
Census ACS
Median income
$65,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
172
117,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POLK
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,105 students
- DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,731 students
- WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,648 students
- RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,632 students
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- BARTOW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,276 students
Other schools in WINTER HAVEN
- WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,648 students
- CHAIN OF LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,007 students
- NEW BEGINNINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 997 students
- FRED G. GARNER ACADEMYElementary · 817 students
- JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTSElementary · 746 students
- SOUTH POINTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 689 students
Other Westwood Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Westwood Middle. WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLGAINESVILLE, FL · 854 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
- INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 423
- FRED G. GARNER ACADEMY1.1 mi · 817
- AUBURNDALE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 371
- CYPRESS JUNCTION MONTESSORI2.5 mi · 317
- LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 576
- WALTER CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 887
Frequently asked questions
About WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 712 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 16.2:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 17% White, 45% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.