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If you had an hour of school board time for Westwood Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
624
Middle
DISTRICT 631 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHENEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530123003428
Westwood Middle School
6120 SOUTH ABBOTT ROAD, Spokane, WA 99224 · (509) 559-4410 · Spokane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Washington public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
360 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 211 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 193 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 35% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
41.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.0pp since 2014
Math
30.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.1% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.6% | 32.1% |
| 2021-22 | 46.1% | 33.5% |
| 2018-19 | 48.8% | 38.8% |
| 2017-18 | 52.6% | 39.4% |
| 2016-17 | 49.2% | 41.6% |
| 2015-16 | 51.6% | 39.9% |
| 2014-15 | 48.1% | 35.6% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Westwood Middle School
Westwood Middle School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Middle School this school | 624 | 57.7% | 39.7% |
| Marcus Whitman Middle School PORT ORCHARD | 623 | 59.9% | 32.1% |
| Chase Middle School Spokane | 685 | 55.5% | 43.8% |
| Cheney Middle School CHENEY | 637 | 53.7% | 34.1% |
| Salk Middle School Spokane | 658 | 62.2% | 32.3% |
| Chief Joseph Middle School Richland | 659 | 58.4% | N/A |
Matched among Washington middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Westwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #153 of 294 | #15 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #211 of 357 ▼ 36 | #17 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #232 of 357 ▼ 51 | #18 of 26 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.1pp | #26 of 290 | #3 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #182 of 377 | #11 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #90 of 340 | #17 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #164 of 340 | #4 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #134 of 359 | #11 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #67 of 130 | #7 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
624
+70 (+13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 18.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 624 | 35 | 17.8:1 | 58% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 35.4 | 17.4:1 | 60% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 33.8 | 17.3:1 | 61% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 51% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 30.2 | 19.2:1 | 50% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 53% (278) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (579 to 624); teachers up 16% (30.2 to 35).
About Westwood Middle School
Westwood Middle School is the name of a medium-sized middle-grades school in Spokane, Washington. The student body numbers 624 students, from grades 6 through 8.
The Cheney School District system has 12 schools and 5,662 students.
A majority of students at Westwood Middle School, 62%, are White. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Pacific Islander, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 21 points below the 83% share among Spokane County residents. By the diversity index, Westwood Middle School comes in at 58%.
Westwood Middle School employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1, higher than at this school. Westwood Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 58%.
allk12 grades Westwood Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Washington public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Westwood Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.7%, compared with a predicted 41.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Spokane County, median household income is about $78,582, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 187 public schools in Spokane County, with a combined enrollment of about 76,588.
Windsor Elementary is the public school closest to Westwood Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Westwood Middle School ranks 7th of 7 on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 554 in 2020-21 and 624 in 2024-25, a 13% increase.
Discussions about Westwood Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cheney School District
- Cheney High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Cheney Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- Windsor ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Betz ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Phil Snowdon ElementaryElementary · 525 students
Other schools in Spokane
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Other Westwood Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Westwood Middle. Westwood Middle School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLGAINESVILLE, FL · 854 students
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLWINTER HAVEN, FL · 712 students
- Westwood MiddleDanville, VA · 642 students
- Westwood Middle SchoolElyria, OH · 480 students
- Westwood Middle SchoolManchester, TN · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Windsor Elementary0.2 mi · 549
- Phil Snowdon Elementary2.2 mi · 525
- Wilson Elementary3.7 mi · 307
- Jefferson Elementary4.3 mi · 359
- Sacajawea Middle School4.3 mi · 855
- Roosevelt Elementary4.6 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Westwood Middle SchoolHow large is Westwood Middle School?
Westwood Middle School enrolls approximately 624 students in grades 06-08.
Is Westwood Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Westwood Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Westwood Middle School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Westwood Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westwood Middle School?
At Westwood Middle School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Westwood Middle School public or private?
Westwood Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cheney School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.