Middle · Michigan
West Middle School
Free meals for allWest Middle School, a public middle school in Traverse City, Michigan: grades 6–8, 1,081 students, 20.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Traverse City Area Public Schools.
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
- 1,081
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.1
- Students per teacher
- 20.8
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 92% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 17.5 · 490 schools compared
More students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 99% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 503 · 491 schools compared
Larger than 94% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Michigan: 45%61%proficient
+1.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 77% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 47% · 491 middle schools compared
1,070 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Michigan: 35%42%proficient
−1.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 74% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 30% · 491 middle schools compared
1,068 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; 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
- Small suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Traverse City Area Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 3950 Silver Lake Rd, Traverse City, MI 49684
- Phone
- (231)933-8200
- County
- Grand Traverse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 829 | 19.9 | 61% | 41% |
Kingsley Area Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 366 | 16.0 | 60% | 45% |
Cherryland Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 277 | 17.3 | 63% | 42% |
Forest Area Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 4–8 | 193 | 14.3 | 23% | 13% |
Benzie Central Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 239 | 17.5 | 33% | 18% |
Kalkaska Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 307 | 16.5 | 37% | 22% |
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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