West Side Middle School

West Side Middle School is one of the reasonably sized junior highs in Charleston, West Virginia, overseen by Kanawha County Schools, with 374 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Kanawha County Schools comprises 61 schools with combined enrollment of 23,085 students; West Side Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Side Middle School logs that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% Black, 16% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting West Side Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, census data for Kanawha County shows median household income runs about $60,943, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kanawha County's 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,173 students), West Side Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 427 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 45% to 36% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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