Westridge Middle

Westridge Middle is a middle-grades school of large scale in Overland Park, Kansas, run under Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, hosting 761 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 89% bigger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 402 students.

Across the 45 schools in Shawnee Mission Pub Sch (26,330 students total), Westridge Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Westridge Middle records that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 32% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Westridge Middle has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Johnson County (around 27%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Westridge Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.5%; this one delivers 31.6%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household earnings sit near $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Westridge Middle is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students).

Nearest neighbor: Apache Elem, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westridge Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westridge Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westridge Middle has edged down 8%, going from 830 students in 2018 to 761 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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