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West Middle School

West Middle School school profile in Grand Junction, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
42/100
upward momentum with fragile durability · high confidence
Enrollment
459
Enrollment has increased 45% over the available history.
FRL Share
48.6%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
733.6
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives West Middle School

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Academic Quality

53

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

28

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

76

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

34

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Grand Junction and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 49 · Colorado 50
42 49
2 Academic average
Peer 736.0 · Colorado 735.5
733.6 736.0
3 ELA
Peer 739.5 · Colorado 741.7
741.1 739.5
4 Math
Peer 731.1 · Colorado 731.5
729.2 731.1
5 Science
Peer 737.4 · Colorado 733.2
730.4 737.4
6 Enrollment
Peer 533 · Colorado 469
459 533
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Grand Junction 5.3 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
5.3 / 1k 5.3 / 1k
2 Market rent
Grand Junction $1,813 · Colorado $1,977
$1,782 $1,813
3 Home price
Grand Junction $435,751 · Colorado $556,199
$429,191 $435,751
4 Poverty rate
Grand Junction 14% · Colorado 10.1%
20.7% 14%
5 Median income
Grand Junction $69,611 · Colorado $101,131
$66,823 $69,611
6 Renter share
Grand Junction 35.5% · Colorado 32.6%
43.2% 35.5%
Research notes

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Academic picture

West Middle School currently posts a blended academic reading around 733.6, with ELA at 741.1, Math at 729.2, and Science at 730.4. Against Grand Junction middle schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 53/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 45% over the available history. ELA has moved up 13.4 points over the available history. Math has moved down 2 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 28/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

West Middle School currently serves about 459 students. FRL share sits near 48.6%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 000400 carries violent crime around 5.3 / 1k, market rent near $1,782, median income near $66,823, and home-price context near $429,191. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 81505 where rent context currently sits near $1,782 and home-price context near $429,191. Nearby violent crime has moved down 5% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

West Middle School currently reads as upward momentum with fragile durability. The total TractSignal school score is 42/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.