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Enrollment
778
Middle
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363078004150
WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
395 CENTER RD, WEST SENECA, NY 14224 · (716) 677-3500 · Erie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL778 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of New York public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
267 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 264 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 248 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 266 | 34% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 72% · 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
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
59.4%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 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 New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 56.3% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for New York 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 New York'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
WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 778 | 34.3% | 50.3% |
| BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOL BALLSTON SPA | 883 | 33.0% | 64.9% |
| EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL SANBORN | 723 | 34.6% | 57.3% |
| A M COSGROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPENCERPORT | 854 | 36.2% | 43.8% |
| CAMILLUS MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMILLUS | 693 | 30.7% | 67.6% |
| WILLINK MIDDLE SCHOOL WEBSTER | 928 | 31.5% | 71.5% |
Matched among New York 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 WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #421 of 766 | #21 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #379 of 768 ▲ 17 | #18 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #425 of 768 ▲ 111 | #20 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 778 | #171 of 796 | #9 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #458 of 683 | #25 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.7% | #540 of 688 | #19 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #581 of 773 | #18 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #371 of 524 | #12 of 21 |
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
778
-25 (-3%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 778 | 69.9 | 11.1:1 | 34% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 768 | 71.2 | 10.8:1 | 36% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 780 | 70.5 | 11.1:1 | 43% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 803 | 65 | 12.3:1 | 41% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 842 | 59 | 14.3:1 | 40% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 898 | 62 | 14.5:1 | 37% (334) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | 55 | 12.2:1 | 29% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 52 | 12.6:1 | 24% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 33 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
At 395 CENTER RD in WEST SENECA, New York, WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 778 students in 2024-25. The school is 47% bigger than the average for middle schools in New York.
WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of a district of 9 schools: WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 5,870 students.
At WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, 83% of students are White. It is also 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of Erie County is roughly 74% White. The diversity index for WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is 31%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 11.1:1 is based on 69.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in New York have an average ratio of 10.3:1. In all, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Erie County averages 51%, higher than here.
WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of New York public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is 62.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.3%.
Census data for Erie County show the median household earns about $72,839 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Erie County number 226, with about 122,519 students.
WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 3% over 4 years, reaching 778 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.3:1 to 11.1:1 over the same years.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,069 students
- WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 779 students
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 680 students
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 567 students
- ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
Other schools in WEST SENECA
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,069 students
- WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 779 students
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 680 students
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 567 students
- ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
Other West Middle schools
21 other US public schools in 13 states are named West Middle. WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 22.
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 906 students
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLBINGHAMTON, NY · 542 students
- West Middle SchoolTRAVERSE CITY, MI · 1,081 students
- West Middle SchoolGREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO · 1,019 students
- West Middle SchoolSioux City, IA · 826 students
Nearby schools
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,069
- WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 422
- ERIE 1 BOCES1.2 mi · 488
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 680
- ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 509
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 778 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 83% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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