Westwood Middle

Westwood Middle is a mid-sized intermediate school in Danville, Virginia, one of the schools within Danville City Public Schools. The school caters to 642 students in grades 6 through 8.

Danville City Public Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,564 students. Westwood Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Westwood Middle records that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 10% White, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westwood Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.0%; this one delivers 55.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Danville city shows the typical household earns roughly $44,423 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across Danville city's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,564 students), Westwood Middle is one campus in the mix.

O. Trent Bonner Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Westwood Middle comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westwood Middle has ticked up 15%, going from 560 students in 2018 to 642 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 18% to 10% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.