DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL

DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, a tight-knit middle school in VALLEY, Nebraska, operated by DOUGLAS CO WEST COMMUNITY SCHS, hosts 233 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 411 students each, so DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 43% smaller than that benchmark.

Within DOUGLAS CO WEST COMMUNITY SCHS, which oversees 3 schools and 1,096 students, DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest consists of 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.5:1, putting DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Nebraska public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 67.5%; DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 58.4%, -9.1 points below that line.

In the area at large, Douglas County reports that median household income runs about $80,391, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 207 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students).

DOUGLAS CO WEST HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 72.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 22%: 191 students in 2018 compared to 233 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 4% to 0% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.