Westgate Middle School

Westgate Middle School operates as an intimate intermediate school in East Liverpool, Ohio, part of East Liverpool City. Current enrollment sits at 285 students spanning grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 41% below typical.

Westgate Middle School is one of 6 schools operated by East Liverpool City, a district that teaches 1,952 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Westgate Middle School lists that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest comes out to 11% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Columbiana County) shows that median household earnings sit near $58,180, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Columbiana County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,165 students), Westgate Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Preschool at Westgate Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Westgate Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 27%: 391 students in 2018 compared to 285 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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