Enrollment
233
Middle
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS CO WEST COMMUNITY SCHS·NCES 310016501787
DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
401 S PINE ST, VALLEY, NE 68064 · (402) 779-2646 · Douglas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Nebraska public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Nebraska public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
59 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 37%
Community
0
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 | 88 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 27% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 57% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DOUGLAS CO WEST COMMUNITY SCHS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.7%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
64.2%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NE schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.5%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 68% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 233 | 25.3% | 58.4% |
| WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL WAHOO | 226 | 29.6% | 65.3% |
| C L JONES MIDDLE SCHOOL MINDEN | 283 | 29.3% | 58.4% |
| FILLMORE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL FAIRMONT | 169 | 29.0% | 67.5% |
| NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH BEND | 123 | 24.4% | 68.6% |
| AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL AURORA | 256 | 30.5% | 60.0% |
Matched among Nebraska 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 DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #56 of 86 | #13 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #43 of 108 | #11 of 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #47 of 109 | #13 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #85 of 143 | #28 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #1 of 88 | #1 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.9% | #84 of 88 | #28 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #61 of 88 | #6 of 16 |
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
233
+16 (+7%) vs 2020
+33% since 2010-11, when it was 175
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 233 | 22.5 | 10.3:1 | 25% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 22.3 | 11.0:1 | 32% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 240 | 18.4 | 13.1:1 | 30% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 217 | 15 | 14.5:1 | 39% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 191 | 15.4 | 12.4:1 | 34% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 228 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 38% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 175 | 16 | 10.9:1 | 40% (70) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (191 to 233); teachers up 46% (15.4 to 22.5).
About DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
Families in VALLEY, Nebraska, are served by DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, a small middle-grades school. A total of 233 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. Against the 411-student average for middle schools in Nebraska, enrollment here is 43% lower.
DOUGLAS CO WEST COMMUNITY SCHS has 3 schools; together they serve 1,096 students.
Federal enrollment data show DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is 90% White. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 21 points above the 69% share among Douglas County residents. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.3:1. On average, middle schools in Nebraska have 14.5:1, compared with 10.3:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 25% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Douglas County average 25%.
allk12 grades DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with Nebraska public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL are 9.1 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.4%, compared with a predicted 67.5%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Nebraska.
Among Douglas County residents, the median household income is $80,391, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, Douglas County has 206 other public schools.
DOUGLAS CO WEST HIGH SCHOOL is located less than a tenth of a mile from DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is behind the 72.9% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 16 more students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 14.5:1 to 10.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
590,736
Census ACS
Median income
$80,391
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
207
98,640 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in DOUGLAS CO WEST COMMUNITY SCHS
- DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCHElementary · 537 students
- DOUGLAS CO WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 326 students
- DOUGLAS CO WEST FALCON ACHIEVEMENT CENTERHigh
Other schools in VALLEY
- DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCHElementary · 537 students
- DOUGLAS CO WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 326 students
- DOUGLAS CO WEST FALCON ACHIEVEMENT CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- DOUGLAS CO WEST HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 326
- DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCH0.1 mi · 537
- ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 555
- YUTAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 272
- ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL5.6 mi · 631
- WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 233 students in grades 06-08.
Is DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 90% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of DOUGLAS CO WEST COMMUNITY SCHS.
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