Westdale Middle School

Westdale Middle School is a middle-grades school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, run under East Baton Rouge Parish, caters to 538 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

East Baton Rouge Parish runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 40,083 students. Westdale Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Westdale Middle School reports that Black students make up the majority at 66%; the rest reads as 20% Hispanic, 10% White, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Westdale Middle School shows 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Westdale Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 23.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for East Baton Rouge Parish shows median household income runs about $63,071, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across East Baton Rouge Parish's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), Westdale Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Westdale Middle School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Westdale Middle School's enrollment has declined 42% since 2018, when it stood at 927 (now 538). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 15% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

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