📍 401 Clinkscales Rd, Columbia, Boone County, 65203
West Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Columbia, Boone County. The school has 504 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Columbia 93 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
West Middle School enrolls 504 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 28% Black or African American and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 241 | 48% |
| Black or African American | 141 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 68 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 39 | 7.7% |
| Asian | 15 | 3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
290 of the school's 504 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 246 qualify for free lunch and 44 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 Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 MO-40, state senate district 19, state house district 47.
West Middle School is one of 36 schools in COLUMBIA 93, based in COLUMBIA, Missouri. The district serves 18,640 students district-wide and employs 1,445 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 504 students, West Middle School is close to the district average of about 518 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize