Westwood Middle School

Westwood Middle School is one of the intimate middle-grades schools in Morgantown, West Virginia, part of Monongalia County Schools, with 346 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Across the 18 schools in Monongalia County Schools (11,193 students total), Westwood Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Westwood Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder consists of 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Monongalia County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Around the school, census data for Monongalia County shows median household income runs about $65,346, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Westwood Middle School is one of 21 public schools in Monongalia County (combined enrollment of about 11,438 students).

Nearest neighbor: Skyview Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westwood Middle School.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westwood Middle School has ticked down 14%, going from 402 students in 2018 to 346 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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