1
Enrollment
428
Middle
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITFIELD COUNTY·NCES 130570001820
Westside Middle School
580 Lafayette Rd. SW, Rocky Face, GA 30740 · (706) 673-2611 · Whitfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
363 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 74%
Community
4
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 | 138 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 152 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 138 | 32% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
47.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
53.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 54.6% |
| 2022-23 | 49.9% | 50.1% |
| 2021-22 | 44.3% | 49.2% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Westside Middle School
Westside Middle School's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Middle School this school | 428 | 84.8% | 51.6% |
| Rabun County Middle School Tiger | 341 | 89.7% | 45.9% |
| North Habersham Middle School Clarkesville | 542 | 78.8% | 62.4% |
| Heard County Middle School Franklin | 456 | 87.3% | 53.0% |
| Banks County Middle School Homer | 631 | 81.0% | 47.4% |
| Summerville Middle School Summerville | 337 | 90.8% | 19.9% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Westside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #103 of 470 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #121 of 474 ▼ 24 | #3 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #122 of 474 ▼ 26 | #2 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #267 of 465 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #416 of 487 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #249 of 471 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #365 of 471 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #227 of 479 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #157 of 305 | 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
428
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 428 | 30.4 | 14.1:1 | 85% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 30.4 | 13.2:1 | 68% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 31.5 | 12.4:1 | 59% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 47% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 33.5 | 14.2:1 | 48% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 50% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 54% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 33% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 35 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (476 to 428); teachers down 9% (33.5 to 30.4).
About Westside Middle School
Westside Middle School is a small middle school located in Rocky Face, Georgia. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 428 students. By comparison, middle schools in Georgia enroll about 763 students on average.
District-wide, Whitfield County has 22 schools and 11,942 students.
White students are 76% of those enrolled at Westside Middle School. Other reported shares: 15% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 65% White among all Whitfield County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 39%.
Its staff includes 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.1 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Westside Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 85%. That is in line with the 83% average for public schools in Whitfield County.
Westside Middle School is a top-10% school in Georgia on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.5% with an actual 51.6%.
Looking at the county, Whitfield County, the median household earns about $67,070 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Westside Middle School, Whitfield County has 33 public schools.
Westside Elementary School sits about 0.2 miles from Westside Middle School. Westside Middle School has 7 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Westside Middle School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Westside Middle School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 427 in 2020-21, 428 in 2024-25.
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Whitfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,598
Census ACS
Median income
$67,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitfield County
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Northwest Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Eastbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
Other Westside Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Westside Middle. Westside Middle School is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Westside Middle SchoolWinder, GA · 793 students
- WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 948 students
- WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 893 students
- WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLJONESBORO, AR · 414 students
- Westside Middle SchoolMemphis, TN · 299 students
Nearby schools
- Westside Elementary School0.2 mi · 549
- Dalton High School3.7 mi · 1,919
- Tunnel Hill Elementary School4.2 mi · 297
- Westwood Elementary School4.3 mi · 605
- City Park Elementary School4.5 mi · 707
- Dug Gap Elementary School4.6 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Westside Middle SchoolHow large is Westside Middle School?
Westside Middle School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Westside Middle School serve?
Westside Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westside Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westside Middle School is approximately 14.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westside Middle School?
At Westside Middle School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Westside Middle School in?
Westside Middle School is part of Whitfield County.
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