Paul D. West Middle School

Located at 2376 Headland Dr, in East Point, Georgia, Paul D. West Middle School is a mid-sized middle school that serves 814 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Fulton County.

Within Fulton County, which oversees 107 schools and 87,563 students, Paul D. West Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Paul D. West Middle School lists that Black students make up the majority at 56%; the rest comes out to 39% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fulton County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Paul D. West Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.9%.

Around the school, Fulton County reports that median household earnings sit near $95,292, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Paul D. West Middle School is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Paul D. West Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 20.4%.

Paul D. West Middle School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Paul D. West Middle School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 831 (now 814). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 63% to 56%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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