Westport Middle

Westport Middle is a well-populated middle-grades school in Louisville, Kentucky, operated by Jefferson County. The school hosts 988 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 558 students each, so Westport Middle sits 77% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 167 schools in Jefferson County (95,124 students total), Westport Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Westport Middle lists that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 27% Black, 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Westport Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.8%; this one delivers 34.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that median household earnings sit near $69,866, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Westport Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: The Brook-KMI, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westport Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 50.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Westport Middle's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 1,248 (now 988). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 14% to 22%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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