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Western Heights Middle Middle School
1300 Marshall St
Hagerstown MD, 21740, Washington County
Phone: 301-766-8403
Ranking: 
(726 out of 1,074, bottom 32%)*
(726 out of 1,074, bottom 32%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Washington County Public Schools
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: | 51 | 52 | 52 | 65 | 62 | 60 | 49 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 737 | 715 | 692 | 671 | 680 | 681 | 652 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 255 | 34.6% | 232 | 32.4% | 253 | 36.6% | 230 | 34.3% | 234 | 34.4% | 229 | 33.6% | 218 | 33.4% |
| Grade 7: | 231 | 31.3% | 256 | 35.8% | 216 | 31.2% | 228 | 34.0% | 215 | 31.6% | 210 | 30.8% | 221 | 33.9% |
| Grade 8: | 251 | 34.1% | 227 | 31.7% | 223 | 32.2% | 213 | 31.7% | 231 | 34.0% | 242 | 35.5% | 213 | 32.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 379 | 51.4% | 363 | 50.8% | 341 | 49.3% | 336 | 50.1% | 345 | 50.7% | 347 | 51.0% | 348 | 53.4% |
| Female: | 358 | 48.6% | 352 | 49.2% | 351 | 50.7% | 335 | 49.9% | 327 | 48.1% | 326 | 47.9% | 300 | 46.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 4 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.6% | 7 | 1.0% | 9 | 1.3% | 10 | 1.5% | 8 | 1.2% |
| Hispanic: | 60 | 8.1% | 66 | 9.2% | 55 | 7.9% | 49 | 7.3% | 38 | 5.6% | 39 | 5.7% | 39 | 6.0% |
| Black: | 177 | 24.0% | 183 | 25.6% | 180 | 26.0% | 182 | 27.1% | 212 | 31.2% | 208 | 30.5% | 182 | 27.9% |
| White: | 403 | 54.7% | 385 | 53.8% | 383 | 55.3% | 384 | 57.2% | 418 | 61.5% | 423 | 62.1% | 422 | 64.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 90 | 12.2% | 78 | 10.9% | 68 | 9.8% | 48 | 7.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 430 | 58.3% | 444 | 62.1% | 406 | 58.7% | 394 | 58.7% | 365 | 53.7% | 352 | 51.7% | 332 | 50.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 66 | 9.0% | 57 | 8.0% | 49 | 7.1% | 73 | 10.9% | 63 | 9.3% | 87 | 12.8% | 80 | 12.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.45 | 13.75 | 13.31 | 10.32 | 10.97 | 11.40 | 13.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| HSA | ||||||
| 2004 | Algebra | End of course | % met std | 100% | 75.9% | 58.8% |
| 2005 | Algebra | End of course | % met std | 95.7% | 73.9% | 53.8% |
| 2006 | Algebra | End of course | % met std | 100% | 88.2% | 66.6% |
| 2007 | Algebra | End of course | % met std | 100% | 89.2% | 63.5% |
| MSA | ||||||
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.0% | 62.3% | 63.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 72.8% | 69.2% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 73.4% | 68.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 80.4% | 74.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 67.0% | 50.3% |
| 2005 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.0% | 73.3% | 60.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 80.4% | 65.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 80.6% | 71.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 83.0% | 75.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.0% | 87.5% | 77.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 86.0% | 79.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 77% | 86.2% | 81.0% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 91.1% | 83.1% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 85.4% | 77.1% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 74.3% | 68.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 76.6% | 70.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 79.5% | 71.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 81.3% | 76.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 81.6% | 81.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.0% | 88.8% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 85.8% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 87.8% | 83.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 87.4% | 84.5% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 85.3% | 84.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 67.8% | 49.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 74.1% | 55.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 76.8% | 60.1% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 65% | 78.6% | 61.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 81.2% | 68.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.5% | 84.0% | 73.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 83.6% | 72.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 81.8% | 74.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 84.6% | 76.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 81.9% | 72.6% |
| 2004 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 75.3% | 67.0% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 77.1% | 67.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 77.9% | 71.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 80.1% | 70.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 83.1% | 81.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 86.8% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 84.3% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 84.7% | 84.0% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 84.8% | 81.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 88.3% | 85.0% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.5% | 60.8% | 45.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 72.0% | 51.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 74.6% | 55.0% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 75.3% | 56.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 76.1% | 61.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.5% | 79.9% | 67.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 75.5% | 65.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 77.0% | 66.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 79.0% | 69.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 78.3% | 67.0% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 73.3% | 63.8% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 76.1% | 66.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 75.9% | 67% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 79.0% | 68.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 77.8% | 72.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 85.5% | 81.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 79.7% | 80.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 85.7% | 82.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.0% | 83.4% | 80.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.0% | 85.8% | 81.0% |
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* Western Heights Middle Middle School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.