Middle · Colorado
West Middle School
Free meals for allWest Middle School, a public middle school in Denver, Colorado: grades 6–8, 188 students, 12.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 188
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.7
- Students per teacher
- 12.0
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 87% of middle schools in Colorado
Median 15.7 · 281 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 82% of middle schools in Colorado
Median 463 · 281 schools compared
Smaller than 87% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Colorado: 45%14%proficient
+2.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 94% of middle schools in Colorado
Median 42% · 267 middle schools compared
166 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Colorado: 36%5.6%proficient
+2.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 96% of middle schools in Colorado
Median 26% · 264 middle schools compared
178 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C.
Location
- Address
- 951 Elati St, Denver, CO 80204
- Phone
- (720)423-5460
- City or town
- Denver
- County
- Denver County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 223 | 14.2 | 68% | 43% | |
Morey Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 479 | 19.2 | 86% | 77% |
DSST: Cedar Middle SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 485 | 13.6 | 70% | 55% |
KIPP Sunshine Peak AcademyCharterFree meals for all | 5–8 | 301 | 10.6 | 21% | 11% |
Manual Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 257 | 14.0 | 30% | 16% |
Lake Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 592 | 14.6 | 31% | 15% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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