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Enrollment
923
Middle
DISTRICT 658 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240021000553
Westminster West Middle
60 Monroe Street, Westminster, MD 21157 · (410) 751-3661 · Carroll County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL923 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Maryland public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 Maryland public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
306 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 54%
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 | 296 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 305 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 322 | 35% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 73% · 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
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
72.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
38.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 38.7% |
| 2023-24 | 69.8% | 33.4% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Maryland 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 Maryland'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 Westminster West Middle
Westminster West Middle's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster West Middle this school | 923 | 33.2% | 53.6% |
| Westminster East Middle Westminster | 796 | 38.1% | 43.5% |
| Leonardtown Middle Leonardtown | 969 | 26.3% | 60.3% |
| Margaret Brent Middle Mechanicsville | 878 | 38.5% | 45.6% |
| Bel Air Middle Bel Air | 1,080 | 24.1% | 53.8% |
| Chesapeake Bay Middle Pasadena | 1,087 | 26.5% | 46.0% |
Matched among Maryland 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 Westminster West Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #46 of 223 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #54 of 223 no change | #3 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #39 of 223 ▼ 4 | #3 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 923 | #60 of 230 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #165 of 225 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #165 of 225 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #172 of 227 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #99 of 123 | N/A |
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
923
+19 (+2%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,030
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 923 | 58.3 | 15.8:1 | 33% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 912 | 56.6 | 16.1:1 | 30% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 875 | 57.3 | 15.3:1 | 28% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 904 | 58 | 15.6:1 | 26% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 962 | 60.9 | 15.8:1 | 21% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 1,017 | 61 | 16.7:1 | 20% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 1,042 | 64 | 16.3:1 | 16% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 1,096 | 70 | 15.7:1 | 9% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 1,030 | 58 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westminster West Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (962 to 923); teachers down 4% (60.9 to 58.3).
About Westminster West Middle
Westminster West Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Carroll County Public Schools, located in Westminster, Maryland. Enrollment totals 923 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 21% above the 764-student average for middle schools in Maryland.
Carroll County Public Schools has 43 schools; together they serve 26,141 students.
More than half of the students at Westminster West Middle are White (72%). Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. In Carroll County overall, about 86% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 46%.
Westminster West Middle reported 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.8:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Maryland is 14.3:1. There are 306 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 33% of enrollment.
Westminster West Middle holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 85% of Maryland public middle schools.
In Maryland, Westminster West Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.6% actual against a predicted 54.6%.
For Carroll County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $118,211, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 44 public schools in the county, enrolling about 26,141, Westminster West Middle among them.
About 0.1 miles separate Westminster West Middle from the closest public school, William Winchester Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Westminster West Middle ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 53.6% versus a 54.3% average.
NCES assigns Westminster West Middle the locale Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal data show 904 students in 2020-21 and 923 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
Westminster West Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,321
Census ACS
Median income
$118,211
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
26,141 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County Public Schools
- Westminster HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Manchester Valley HighHigh · 1,339 students
- Winters Mill HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Century HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,007 students
- South Carroll HighHigh · 933 students
Other schools in Westminster
- Westminster HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Winters Mill HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Westminster East MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Winfield ElementaryElementary · 724 students
- Runnymede ElementaryElementary · 625 students
- Cranberry Station ElementaryElementary · 593 students
Nearby schools
- William Winchester Elementary0.1 mi · 587
- Westminster East Middle0.6 mi · 796
- Cranberry Station Elementary1.1 mi · 593
- Winters Mill High1.2 mi · 1,156
- Carroll Springs School1.6 mi · 32
- Post Secondary Program1.6 mi · 36
Frequently asked questions
About Westminster West MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Westminster West Middle?
Westminster West Middle enrolls approximately 923 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Westminster West Middle serve?
Westminster West Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Westminster West Middle have?
Westminster West Middle employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
How diverse is Westminster West Middle?
Westminster West Middle reports a student body of 72% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Westminster West Middle?
Westminster West Middle is overseen by Carroll County Public Schools in Carroll County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.