📍 101 S Nappanee St, Elkhart, Elkhart County, 46514
West Side Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Elkhart, Elkhart County. The school has 582 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Elkhart Community Schools school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
West Side Middle School enrolls 582 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% White, 30% Hispanic or Latino and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 263 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 176 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 92 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 7.2% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
390 of the school's 582 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 359 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
West Side Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 IN-20, state senate district 11, state house district 48.
West Side Middle School is one of 20 schools in Elkhart Community Schools, based in Elkhart, Indiana. The district serves 10,714 students district-wide and employs 706 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 582 students, West Side Middle School is close to the district average of about 536 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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