Summary:
Westfield Middle School is the only middle school listed in Bloomingdale School District 13, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 493 students. In 2025–2026, its proficiency was above statewide results in ELA, mathematics, and grade 8 science. The clearest strength was ELA and science: both reached 87%, more than 30 percentage points above state results.
Westfield is the sole listed school, so there is no local top-versus-bottom comparison. Against district results in 2025–2026, Westfield was 4 points higher in ELA (87% versus 83%) and matched the district in grade 8 science (87%); math was 6 points lower (54% versus 60%). Compared with the state, the school was 31 points higher in ELA (87% versus 56%), 15 points higher in math (54% versus 40%), and 35 points higher in science (87% versus 52%). Math was the less pronounced strength, and it was the only subject below the district average. Chronic absenteeism was 16%, below the state’s 24% but above the district’s 13%.
Scores changed in different directions from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA fell 3 points, from 90% to 87%, and math fell 4 points, from 58% to 54%, while grade 8 science rose 5 points, from 82% to 87%. Westfield’s advantage over the state narrowed in all three comparisons. SchoolDigger ranked it 124th of 1,126 schools, in the 89th percentile, with 4 stars in 2025–2026; its history lists 84th of 1,368 in 2024–2025 and 40th of 1,363 in 2023–2024. The student–teacher ratio was 12.9 in 2024–2025, and 3% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible in 2021–2022. These figures describe the school but do not establish why results changed.
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