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What tradition at Westport Middle should never be changed?
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Enrollment
988
Middle
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000670
Westport Middle
8100 Westport Road, Louisville, KY 40222 · (502) 485-8346 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL988 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Kentucky public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Kentucky public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
564 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
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 6 | 303 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 292 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 393 | 40% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 47% · 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
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
38.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
34.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Kentucky 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 Kentucky'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 Westport Middle
Westport Middle's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westport Middle this school | 988 | 57.1% | 34.0% |
| Bowling Green Junior High Bowling Green | 1,042 | 54.9% | 45.9% |
| Ramsey Middle Louisville | 1,151 | 57.9% | 28.6% |
| Southern Middle School Lexington | 759 | 52.6% | 44.6% |
| Tates Creek Middle School Lexington | 767 | 57.0% | 37.4% |
| Carrithers Middle Louisville | 545 | 63.9% | 27.5% |
Matched among Kentucky 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 Westport Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #160 of 216 | #10 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #153 of 216 | #9 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #164 of 217 | #10 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 988 | #11 of 221 | #4 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #35 of 210 | #6 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #12 of 210 | #5 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.1% | #121 of 219 | #16 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #37 of 156 | #8 of 17 |
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
988
-285 (-22%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,083
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 988 | 70.6 | 14.0:1 | 57% (564) |
| 2023-24 | 1,051 | 66.8 | 15.7:1 | 53% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 1,177 | 78.1 | 15.1:1 | 55% (647) |
| 2020-21 | 1,273 | 86 | 14.8:1 | 57% (723) |
| 2017-18 | 1,248 | 80.6 | 15.5:1 | 63% (791) |
| 2015-16 | 1,204 | 81 | 14.9:1 | 63% (753) |
| 2010-11 | 843 | 58 | 14.5:1 | 75% (632) |
| 2000-01 | 989 | 49 | 20.2:1 | 37% (364) |
| 1990-91 | 1,083 | 57 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westport Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (1,248 to 988); teachers down 12% (80.6 to 70.6).
About Westport Middle
Westport Middle is a middle school in Louisville, Kentucky, reachable at (502) 485-8346. It had 988 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Kentucky enroll about 558 students on average.
Westport Middle is in Jefferson County, a district with 95,124 students across 167 schools.
The largest group at Westport Middle is White students, at 40%. After that, the student body is 27% Black, 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 63% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Westport Middle scores 71%.
Westport Middle reported 70.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.0:1. Middle schools in Kentucky average 15.8:1, 1.8 more students per teacher than here. There are 564 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 57% of enrollment.
Westport Middle earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 21% of Kentucky public middle schools.
The model predicts 43.8% for a school in Kentucky with Westport Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Westport Middle posts 34.0%.
The school is in Jefferson County, where median household income comes to about $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson County's 175 public schools enroll about 95,579 students and include Westport Middle.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, The Brook-KMI, is the closest to Westport Middle. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 50.4% proficiency; Westport Middle posts 34.0%.
NCES assigns Westport Middle the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 988, from 1,273 in 2020-21.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
783,022
Census ACS
Median income
$69,866
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
175
95,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Eastern HighHigh · 1,790 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
Other schools in Louisville
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
Other Westport Middle schools
One other US public school is named Westport Middle. Westport Middle is the largest of the 2.
- WESTPORT MIDDLE SCHOOLSPRINGFIELD, MO · 399 students
Nearby schools
- The Brook-KMI0.3 mi · 29
- Westport Early Childhood Center0.7 mi · 271
- Bowen Elementary1.1 mi · 729
- Kammerer Middle1.2 mi · 781
- Wilder Elementary1.2 mi · 496
- The Phoenix School of Discovery1.4 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Westport MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Westport Middle?
Westport Middle enrolls approximately 988 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Westport Middle serve?
Westport Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westport Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westport Middle is approximately 14.0:1 (71 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westport Middle?
At Westport Middle, the student body is approximately 40% White, 22% Hispanic, 27% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Westport Middle in?
Westport Middle is part of Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.