Westlake MS

As a modestly sized middle-grades school in Erie, Pennsylvania, Westlake MS educates 477 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Millcreek Township SD.

Across the 9 schools in Millcreek Township SD (6,363 students total), Westlake MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Westlake MS shows that nearly all students (80%) are White; the rest comes out to 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian. Compared to Erie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Westlake MS tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Erie County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Westlake MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,354, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Erie County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), of which Westlake MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: McDowell HS, around 2.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Westlake MS comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.3%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 528 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 87% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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