Westerly Middle School

Westerly Middle School is an average-sized middle school in Westerly, Rhode Island, run under Westerly. The school works with 639 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Rhode Island's public schools average about 523 students each, so Westerly Middle School sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

Within Westerly, which oversees 6 schools and 2,095 students, Westerly Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Westerly Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Westerly Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 44% of students at Westerly Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Washington County's rate of about 30%.

Across the wider county, Washington County reports that median household income runs about $106,638, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,313 students), Westerly Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Dunn's Corners School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westerly Middle School.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 27%: 870 students in 2018 compared to 639 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 81% to 77%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.