Paul D. West Middle School
2376 Headland Dr Atlanta GA, 30344, Fulton County Phone: 404-669-8130 Ranking:  (1,643 out of 1,747, bottom 6%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Fulton County School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 58 | 63 | 61 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 69 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 756 | 761 | 772 | 761 | 856 | 893 | 959 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 243 | 32.1% | 252 | 33.1% | 282 | 36.5% | 267 | 35.1% | 279 | 32.6% | 272 | 30.5% | 326 | 34.0% |
| Grade 7: | 263 | 34.8% | 253 | 33.2% | 243 | 31.5% | 240 | 31.5% | 288 | 33.6% | 315 | 35.3% | 327 | 34.1% |
| Grade 8: | 250 | 33.1% | 256 | 33.6% | 247 | 32.0% | 254 | 33.4% | 289 | 33.8% | 306 | 34.3% | 306 | 31.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 386 | 51.1% | 403 | 53.0% | 397 | 51.4% | 395 | 51.9% | 442 | 51.6% | 449 | 50.3% | 511 | 53.3% |
| Female: | 370 | 48.9% | 358 | 47.0% | 375 | 48.6% | 366 | 48.1% | 414 | 48.4% | 417 | 46.7% | 431 | 44.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 14 | 1.9% | 13 | 1.7% | 10 | 1.3% | 11 | 1.4% | 11 | 1.3% | 16 | 1.8% | 15 | 1.6% |
| Hispanic: | 194 | 25.7% | 200 | 26.3% | 186 | 24.1% | 147 | 19.3% | 148 | 17.3% | 139 | 15.6% | 150 | 15.6% |
| Black: | 518 | 68.5% | 515 | 67.7% | 534 | 69.2% | 574 | 75.4% | 663 | 77.5% | 699 | 78.3% | 760 | 79.2% |
| White: | 18 | 2.4% | 23 | 3.0% | 26 | 3.4% | 17 | 2.2% | 15 | 1.8% | 20 | 2.2% | 21 | 2.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 12 | 1.6% | 9 | 1.2% | 15 | 1.9% | 12 | 1.6% | 18 | 2.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 675 | 89.3% | 658 | 86.5% | 672 | 87.0% | 650 | 85.4% | 726 | 84.8% | 713 | 79.8% | 773 | 80.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 38 | 5.0% | 39 | 5.1% | 26 | 3.4% | 31 | 4.1% | 42 | 4.9% | 50 | 5.6% | 58 | 6.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.08 | 12.16 | 12.64 | 12.08 | 12.14 | 12.70 | 13.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 89.3% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 90.9% | 86.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 90.1% | 87.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 85% | 93.9% | 90.5% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 93.7% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 93.2% | 91.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 93.4% | 92% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 93.5% | 92.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 33.7% | 68.1% | 62% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 34.4% | 70.2% | 64.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 72.5% | 69.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.4% | 80% | 74.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 49.5% | 77.4% | 75% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 80.5% | 76.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 49% | 81.6% | 80% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 90.1% | 86% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 93.2% | 89.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 93.8% | 91.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 93.6% | 89.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 93.3% | 91% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 95.1% | 93.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 96.8% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 97.2% | 96.0% |
| 2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 25.7% | 66.5% | 61% |
| 2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 31.4% | 66.6% | 59.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 73% | 75.3% | 66.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 74% | 68.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.4% | 73.9% | 70% |
| 2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 75.5% | 70.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 46% | 75.8% | 73% |
| 2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 76.5% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 89% | 85% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 88.9% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 28.4% | 71% | 64% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 77.4% | 71.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 76.9% | 73% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 80.2% | 77.5% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 88.7% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 91.6% | 89.2% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 92.8% | 89.7% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 92.6% | 89.4% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 94.6% | 91% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 95.6% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 95.2% | 94% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 94.0% | 93.0% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 85.1% | 80% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 76.8% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 80.4% | 79.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 84.4% | 83.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.1% | 87.8% | 86% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 73% | 91.3% | 89.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 90.8% | 91% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.0% | 90.1% | 89.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 85.7% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 89.4% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 91.7% | 88% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 93.2% | 89.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 93% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 93.5% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 95.8% | 94% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 95.6% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.3% | 70.9% | 63% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 74.4% | 70% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 78.9% | 75.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 80.7% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 84.4% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 87.6% | 82.2% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 88.2% | 85% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 86.6% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 90% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 89.9% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.6% | 78.7% | 71% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 81.4% | 74.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 82.1% | 78% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 84.8% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 90.6% | 87% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 92.2% | 88.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 92.8% | 89.3% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 94.4% | 91.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 94.4% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 88% | 95.2% | 92.8% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 96.5% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 95.4% | 94.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 83% | 77% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 85% | 81.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 31.5% | 65.9% | 62.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 48% | 74.5% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 48% | 79.1% | 74% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 85.7% | 77.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 31.1% | 80.1% | 77% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.0% | 84.3% | 83.0% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 93.4% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 92.8% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 93.9% | 90.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90% | 95.9% | 92.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 97.2% | 95% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 97.3% | 96% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 97% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.0% | 97.7% | 96.8% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 79.6% | 76% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 77.5% | 74% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.9% | 65.1% | 59.6% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.2% | 70.4% | 64.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 35.4% | 71.5% | 66% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.6% | 75.3% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.7% | 76.8% | 74% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.8% | 76.3% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 91.6% | 87% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 90.2% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.2% | 66.7% | 58.9% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 69% | 62.5% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 74.8% | 70% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.4% | 78% | 72.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 81.2% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 81.4% | 77.9% |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 77% | 71% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 82% | 71.1% | 65% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 86% | 71% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 91.7% | 73.1% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 84.2% | 71.4% | 61% |
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* Paul D. West Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.