Westview Middle

Set in Greenwood, South Carolina, Westview Middle is an average-sized middle school, one of the schools within Greenwood 50. It instructs 692 students across grades 6 through 8.

Greenwood 50 comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 8,477 students; Westview Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Westview Middle lists that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 36% Black, 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Westview Middle reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Greenwood County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $52,830 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Westview Middle is one of 21 public schools in Greenwood County (combined enrollment of about 10,771 students).

The closest other public school is Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Westview Middle operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Westview Middle's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 631 (now 692). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 50% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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