WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 825 WESTLAKE DR, in THORNWOOD, New York, WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized middle-grades school that educates 477 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within MOUNT PLEASANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MOUNT PLEASANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,941 students. WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 16% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.0:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 11% of students at WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Westchester County indicate median household earnings sit near $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Westchester County runs 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), of which WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 441 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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