Enrollment
133
High
DISTRICT 168 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363099003239
WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL
203 E MAIN ST, WESTFIELD, NY 14787 · (716) 326-2151 · Chautauqua County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL133 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of New York public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
80 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 47 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 41 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 32% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 2% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
59.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 59.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 58.5% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL
WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 133 | 60.2% | 59.2% |
| CLIFTON-FINE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STAR LAKE | 112 | 63.4% | 54.2% |
| GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GILBERTSVILLE | 138 | 53.6% | 41.2% |
| HAMMONDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HAMMONDSPORT | 193 | 55.4% | 68.8% |
| HARRISVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HARRISVILLE | 164 | 52.4% | 69.4% |
| AFTON JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AFTON | 219 | 56.6% | 43.6% |
Matched among New York 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 WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #564 of 1,135 | #12 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #425 of 1,109 ▲ 102 | #8 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #874 of 1,135 ▲ 101 | #12 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 133 | #1,153 of 1,216 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #593 of 1,167 | #4 of 17 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
133
-21 (-14%) vs 2020
-52% since 2000-01, when it was 276
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 133 | 14.7 | 9.0:1 | 60% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 141 | 16.6 | 8.5:1 | 51% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 142 | 16.4 | 8.7:1 | 55% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 154 | 15 | 10.3:1 | 53% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 145 | 9.1 | 16.0:1 | 54% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 153 | 8 | 19.1:1 | 49% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 169 | 15 | 11.3:1 | 38% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 276 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 34% (94) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL
WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small high school based in WESTFIELD, New York. Grades offered run from 6 through 12, with 133 students enrolled. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
Across its 3 schools, WESTFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 624 students. WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
About 87% of the student body at WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic and 4% Black. The White share in Chautauqua County as a whole is similar, at about 86%. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 9.0 students per teacher and 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Chautauqua County average 57%.
allk12 grades WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.2%, compared with a predicted 52.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Chautauqua County show that the median household income is $58,351, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in the county.
WESTFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located less than a tenth of a mile from WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL. The five-mile area around WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL holds 2 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment at WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL declined 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 154 to 133 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.3:1 to 9.0:1 over the same years.
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Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,544
Census ACS
Median income
$58,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
17,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WESTFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WESTFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 288 students
- WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 203 students
Other schools in WESTFIELD
- WESTFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 288 students
- WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 203 students
Other Westfield Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Westfield Middle. WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Westfield Middle SchoolWestfield, IN · 1,585 students
- Westfield Middle SchoolWestfield, MA · 671 students
- Westfield Middle SchoolBloomingdale, IL · 493 students
Nearby schools
- WESTFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 288
- WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 203
- CHAUTAUQUA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 301
- CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 372
- BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL7.0 mi · 252
- BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.0 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 133 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.0:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black.
What district is WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of WESTFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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