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Enrollment
435
High
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WES-DEL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180450000761
Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School
10000 N CR 600 W, Gaston, IN 47342 · (765) 358-4091 · Delaware County
GRADES 06–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Indiana public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Indiana public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
251 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 55 | 13% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 57% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wes-Del Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
37.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
28.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School
Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School this school | 435 | 57.7% | 33.7% |
| Wabash High School Wabash | 469 | 58.8% | N/A |
| North Knox Jr-Sr High School Bicknell | 541 | 56.9% | 28.6% |
| Rochester Community High School Rochester | 567 | 58.2% | 27.7% |
| Caston Jr-Sr High School Rochester | 435 | 60.7% | 43.9% |
| South Vermillion High School Clinton | 446 | 54.7% | N/A |
Matched among Indiana high 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 Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #46 of 103 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #52 of 104 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #47 of 104 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #243 of 392 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #128 of 359 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #272 of 360 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #66 of 373 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #73 of 201 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
435
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 435 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 58% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 35.8 | 12.6:1 | 50% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 33 | 13.0:1 | 52% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 50% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 34.1 | 14.6:1 | 52% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 45% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 39% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 18% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 24 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School.
About Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School
In Gaston, Indiana, part of Delaware County, Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School is a high school. The school serves grades 6 through 12. Enrollment is 435 students. High schools in Indiana have about 816 students on average; enrollment here is 47% lower.
Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School is one school in a 2-school district, Wes-Del Community Schools, which enrolls 862 students.
Of every 100 students at Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School, about 92 are White. It is also 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 15, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School comes to 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.6:1. High schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 16.6:1. On the income side, 58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 74% of Indiana public high schools.
Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.7% and a predicted 34.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Delaware County show that median household income comes to about $58,127, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 36, with about 15,683 students.
Wes-Del Elementary School, about 2.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School ranks 5th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Federal data place Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's student count decreased 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,280
Census ACS
Median income
$58,127
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
15,683 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wes-Del Community Schools
- Wes-Del Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Wes-Del PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Gaston
- Wes-Del Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Wes-Del PreschoolElementary
Nearby schools
- Wes-Del Elementary School2.5 mi · 427
- Northside Middle School6.5 mi · 630
- Pleasant View Elementary School6.6 mi · 618
- North View Elementary School6.7 mi · 384
- Yorktown High School6.8 mi · 839
- Royerton Elementary School6.9 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About Wes-Del Middle/Senior High SchoolHow many students attend Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School?
Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School enrolls approximately 435 students in grades 06-12.
Is Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School.
How diverse is Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School?
Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School reports a student body of 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School public or private?
Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wes-Del Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.