📍 14325 Ken Austin Pkwy, Brooksville, Hernando County, 34613
West Hernando Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Brooksville, Hernando County. The school has 695 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Christopher Healy. It is part of the Hernando school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 36% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
West Hernando Middle School enrolls 695 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 46 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% White, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 344 | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 212 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 86 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 14 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
400 of the school's 695 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 370 qualify for free lunch and 30 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
West Hernando Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 10, state house district 34.
West Hernando Middle School is one of 32 schools in HERNANDO, based in BROOKSVILLE, Florida. The district serves 23,734 students district-wide and employs 1,383 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 695 students, West Hernando Middle School is close to the district average of about 742 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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