📍 3301 W 19th ST, Sioux City, Woodbury County, 51103
West Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Sioux City, Woodbury County. The school has 864 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joe Hardin. It is part of the Sioux City Comm School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 62.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 54% of students are proficient in reading. 54% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
West Middle School enrolls 864 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 62.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 34% White and 8.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 353 | 41% |
| White | 292 | 34% |
| Two or more races | 75 | 8.7% |
| Black or African American | 68 | 7.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 38 | 4.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 23 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 15 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
415 of the school's 864 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 306 qualify for free lunch and 109 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 Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 IA-40, state senate district 7, state house district 14.
West Middle School is one of 22 schools in Sioux City Comm School District, based in Sioux City, Iowa. The district serves 14,475 students district-wide and employs 971 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 864 students, West Middle School is larger than the district average of about 658 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe