Westmar Middle

Westmar Middle, an one-room-style intermediate school in Lonaconing, Maryland, overseen by Allegany County Public Schools, instructs 258 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 66% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.

Westmar Middle is one of 22 schools operated by Allegany County Public Schools, a district that serves 8,113 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Westmar Middle logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Westmar Middle has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westmar Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.6%, the actual is 25.4%, a residual of -11.2 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Allegany County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $59,603 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Allegany County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,113 students), of which Westmar Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: George's Creek Elementary, around 1.7 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westmar Middle at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 281 students in 2018 compared to 258 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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