Middle · Connecticut
West Side Middle School
Free meals for allWest Side Middle School, a public middle school in Waterbury, Connecticut: grades 6–8, 848 students, 10.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Waterbury School District.
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
- 848
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79.9
- Students per teacher
- 10.6
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 63% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 11.1 · 178 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 87% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 90% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 498 · 178 schools compared
Larger than 82% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Connecticut's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Connecticut: 50%28%proficient
+3.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 92% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 57% · 177 middle schools compared
848 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Connecticut: 46%13%proficient
+1.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 94% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 50% · 178 middle schools compared
845 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
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
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Waterbury School District.
Location
- Address
- 483 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CT 06708
- Phone
- (203)574-8120
- City or town
- Waterbury
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ACES at ChaseFree meals for all | 6–9 | 556 | 13.4 | 43% | 35% |
| 6–8 | 420 | 11.3 | 54% | 56% | |
| 6–8 | 591 | 10.9 | 44% | 39% | |
Hillside Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all | 5–6 | 292 | 10.4 | 45% | 30% |
City Hill Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 614 | 12.5 | 42% | 27% |
North End Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 766 | 9.9 | 21% | 10% |
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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