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If you could change one rule at Westfield Intermediate School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,551
Middle
DISTRICT 1,568 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTFIELD-WASHINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 181308000857
Westfield Intermediate School
326 W Main St, Westfield, IN 46074 · (317) 867-6500 · Hamilton County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,551 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Indiana public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
303 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 5 | 821 | 53% |
| Grade 6 | 730 | 47% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Westfield-Washington Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
61.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
63.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Westfield Intermediate School
Westfield Intermediate School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield Intermediate School this school | 1,551 | 19.5% | 64.3% |
| Westfield Middle School Westfield | 1,585 | 20.4% | 58.4% |
| Noblesville West Middle School Noblesville | 1,330 | 23.8% | 60.1% |
| Robert Taft Middle School Crown Point | 1,067 | 22.4% | 54.4% |
| Clay Middle School Carmel | 1,415 | 14.3% | 67.5% |
| Maple Creek Middle School Fort Wayne | 1,024 | 16.1% | 51.8% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Westfield Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #13 of 324 | #4 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #20 of 325 | #6 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #23 of 325 | #10 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,551 | #5 of 334 | #2 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #264 of 314 | #11 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #148 of 315 | #13 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #318 of 330 | #10 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.5% | #21 of 110 | #3 of 9 |
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
1,551
+253 (+19%) vs 2020
+145% since 2000-01, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 1,551 | 88 | 17.6:1 | 20% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 1,463 | 86 | 17.0:1 | 22% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 1,420 | 86 | 16.5:1 | 21% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 1,298 | 64 | 20.3:1 | 16% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 1,226 | 58 | 21.1:1 | 18% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 1,143 | 53 | 21.6:1 | 15% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 1,017 | 53 | 19.2:1 | 19% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 13% (85) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westfield Intermediate School.
About Westfield Intermediate School
Westfield Intermediate School is a high-enrollment middle school. Its address is in Westfield, Indiana. Classes run from 5 through 6, and the school has 1,551 students. The average for middle schools in Indiana is about 594 students, so this school is 161% bigger than average.
Westfield Intermediate School is run by Westfield-Washington Schools, whose 10 schools enroll 10,124 students.
White students make up a majority at Westfield Intermediate School, at 73%. Other students are 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 5% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 88 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.6:1. That is higher than the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 20%. For comparison, public schools in Hamilton County average 21%.
Measured against Indiana public middle schools, Westfield Intermediate School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Westfield Intermediate School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (64.3%) and its predicted rate (61.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
Among Hamilton County residents, the median household income is $121,530, roughly 62% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Westfield Intermediate School is one of 69 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Westfield Middle School is about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Westfield Intermediate School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Westfield Intermediate School is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 1,551 students in 2024-25, 253 more than the 1,298 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.3:1 to 17.6:1.
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Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
365,056
Census ACS
Median income
$121,530
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
63,065 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westfield-Washington Schools
- Westfield High SchoolHigh · 2,948 students
- Westfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,585 students
- Monon Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 767 students
- Washington Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 students
- Shamrock Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Maple Glen ElementaryElementary · 632 students
Other schools in Westfield
- Westfield High SchoolHigh · 2,948 students
- Westfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,585 students
- Monon Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 767 students
- Washington Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 students
- Shamrock Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Maple Glen ElementaryElementary · 632 students
Other Westfield Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Westfield Intermediate. Westfield Intermediate School is the largest of the 2.
- Westfield Intermediate SchoolWestfield, MA · 729 students
Nearby schools
- Westfield Middle School0.2 mi · 1,585
- Westfield High School0.5 mi · 2,948
- Washington Woods Elementary School1.2 mi · 691
- Oak Trace Elementary School1.5 mi · 582
- Options Westfield1.5 mi · 248
- Monon Trail Elementary School1.6 mi · 767
Frequently asked questions
About Westfield Intermediate SchoolHow large is Westfield Intermediate School?
Westfield Intermediate School enrolls approximately 1,551 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Westfield Intermediate School serve?
Westfield Intermediate School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Westfield Intermediate School have?
Westfield Intermediate School employs 88 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
How diverse is Westfield Intermediate School?
Westfield Intermediate School reports a student body of 73% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Westfield Intermediate School public or private?
Westfield Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westfield-Washington Schools.
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