Westport Middle, Louisville KY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Westport Middle

Westport Middle is a regular public school serving grades six through eight in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Jefferson County Public Schools system. The school sits on Westport Road in a section of the city that blends commercial strips and residential neighborhoods. Louisville itself is a low-density, sprawling city that merged with Jefferson County years ago, creating a vast consolidated area. Major employers include UPS, Humana, and Yum! Brands, and the Ohio River remains a defining feature. Housing in the zip code around the school is priced well above the state median, reflecting a stable or appreciating market, while rents are moderate relative to national benchmarks.

The school enrolls a large student body for a middle school, with roughly equal numbers in seventh and eighth grades and a slightly smaller sixth grade. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly white, with notable shares of Black students and Hispanic students, and smaller populations of Asian students and students of two or more races. Information on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the data provided, so a parent who needs this detail may wish to ask the school directly.

On the Kentucky Summative Assessment, Westport Middle’s results show a mixed picture. In English language arts, proficiency across the three grades falls in a range that is below the midpoint of the state’s middle schools, with sixth grade the strongest of the three and eighth grade the weakest. In mathematics, the school’s performance is similar in pattern and somewhat lower than in ELA, with each grade scoring at roughly the same modest level. Science, tested only in seventh grade, produces a lower share of students reaching proficiency. Social studies, tested only in eighth grade, lands close to the math results. When compared against other districts in Jefferson County—a small cohort of two—the school’s overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint, meaning it performs better than one of the two comparison entities but still well below the other. Because this is a middle school, there is no graduation rate to report. The data also did not include chronic absenteeism rates, staffing ratios, or course access information, so a family evaluating those factors would need to follow up.

Westport Middle is not a charter or magnet school, and no Title I status was reported. The district itself did not have any publicly documented recent changes that could be confirmed, so it is not possible to say whether budget shifts, boundary adjustments, or programming changes are underway.

For a parent or resident, Westport Middle represents a typical large public middle school in a major urban county. The academic results suggest that many students are not yet reaching the state’s proficiency benchmarks, particularly in math and science. The school’s size means a wider range of elective and extracurricular offerings may be available than at a very small school, though the data did not specify what those are. The community is part of a large, economically diverse city with a mix of older suburbs and newer development. Families who prioritize high average test scores may find that other schools in the county post stronger numbers. Those who value a large, diverse student body in a stable metropolitan setting with below-average housing costs relative to the national picture may find this school a reasonable option, though the academic data points to room for growth across the board.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 634%

School 34% · District 28% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 736%

School 36% · District 31% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 28% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 644%

School 44% · District 39% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 739%

School 39% · District 36% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 30% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Science

Grade 726%

School 26% · District 20% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 28% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

This schoolJefferson County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income31%Higher-income67%36 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income30%Higher-income54%24 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income22%Higher-income53%31 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income20%Higher-income59%39 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income25%Higher-income55%30 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income22%Higher-income55%33 pp gap