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West Middle School

500 OLD PERCH RD, ROCHESTER HILLS, MI 48309 · (248) 726-5000 · Oakland County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL784 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Michigan public high schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats 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 Michigan public high schools

Enrollment
784
High
DISTRICT 1,022 · STATE 460
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
77 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 624832%
Grade 725933%
Grade 827735%
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
59175%
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
608%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
273%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
749%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
324%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
39951%
Female
38549%

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
67.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
59.4%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Michigan 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 Michigan'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 West Middle School

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
West Middle School this school7849.8%69.3%
Hart Middle School
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9999.8%66.3%
Eastern High School
ADA
76813.9%N/A
Central High School
GRAND RAPIDS
99913.7%N/A
Portage Central High School
PORTAGE
1,39110.5%N/A
South Lyon East High School
SOUTH LYON
1,17416.5%N/A
Matched among Michigan high 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 West Middle School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Oakland County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
69.3%#5 of 62#2 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
59.4%#6 of 51N/A
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
67.2%#5 of 40N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
784#197 of 844#36 of 76
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
19.7:1#378 of 548#30 of 46
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
41.4%#182 of 550#29 of 47
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
9.8%#640 of 654#51 of 57
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-8.1%#329 of 436#31 of 38
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25
Enrollment
784
-40 (-5%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 22.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2578439.819.7:110% (77)
2023-2480743.918.4:112% (99)
2022-2384335.723.6:115% (128)
2020-218243622.9:113% (110)
2017-1885339.521.6:111% (93)
2015-168873922.7:110% (87)
2010-118664220.6:112% (104)
2000-016533618.1:13% (21)
1990-91642N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 8% (853 to 784); teachers up 1% (39.5 to 39.8).

About West Middle School

West Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan. The school offers grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 784 students. That puts enrollment 70% bigger than the 460-student average for high schools in Michigan.

Across its 22 schools, Rochester Community School District enrolls 14,592 students. West Middle School is one of those schools.

More than half of the students at West Middle School are White (75%). Other reported shares: 9% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.

A staff of 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.7:1. Compared with the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Michigan, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Oakland County is 32%.

West Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of Michigan public high schools.

Test results at West Middle School are 7.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (69.3% actual, 61.9% predicted).

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Oakland County show that median household income comes to about $97,760, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 345, with about 169,926 students.

About 0.5 miles separate West Middle School from the closest public school, Meadow Brook Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, West Middle School places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.

Under the NCES locale system, West Middle School is Suburb: Large.

Enrollment decreased by 5% across 4 years, from 824 in 2020-21 to 784 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.9:1 in 2020-21, and 19.7:1 in 2024-25.

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Oakland County at a glance

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Population
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students

Quick facts

School name
West Middle School
District
Rochester Community School District
Address
500 OLD PERCH RD, ROCHESTER HILLS, MI 48309
Phone
(248) 726-5000
County
Oakland County
Level
High
Grade range
06–12
Total enrollment
784
Teachers (FTE)
40
Student–teacher ratio
19.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
77 (10%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
262994006574
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Rochester Community School District
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21 other US public schools in 13 states are named West Middle. West Middle School is the 7th largest of the 22.

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Frequently asked questions

About West Middle School
How large is West Middle School?
West Middle School enrolls approximately 784 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does West Middle School serve?
West Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at West Middle School?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at West Middle School.
How diverse is West Middle School?
West Middle School reports a student body of 75% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees West Middle School?
West Middle School is overseen by Rochester Community School District in Oakland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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