Desoto West Middle

Public 6-8

 800 N Westmoreland
       Desoto, TX  75115-4314


(972) 230-1820

District: Desoto Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
2111th of 2,330 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,848 Help


Students who attend Desoto West Middle usually attend:

High:    Desoto High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.9 Help
Number of students:  439

Racial breakdown:

African American:
77.2%
Hispanic:
18.2%
Two or more races:
2.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  69.9% Help


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Compare Details Desoto West Middle ranks worse than 90.6% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Desoto Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.27. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (77.2%), Hispanic (18.2%), two or more races (2.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 69.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Desoto Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Desoto West Middle is 13.9. 1 middle schools in the Desoto Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Desoto West Middle is $10,848, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Desoto Independent School District (Isd)!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Desoto West Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Desoto West Middle 2111th of 2330 Texas public middle schools. (See Desoto West Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Low Socio Economic Status students:
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African American students:
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Desoto Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Desoto Independent School District (Isd) 668th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Desoto West Middle

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Rank History for all students at Desoto West Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 38.47 1149th 1573 27.0%
2005 29.85 1247th 1582 21.2%
2006 29.37 1251st 1585 21.1%
2007 27.35 1401st 1684 16.8%
2008 24.99 1500th 1718 12.7%
2009 32.87 1422nd 1763 19.3%
2010 40.36 1327th 1803 26.4%
2011 34.33 1539th 1895 18.8%
2012 32.93 1438th 1951 26.3%
2013 28.64 1582nd 1973 19.8%
2014 24.44 1635th 1987 17.7%
2015 33.14 1500th 2043 26.6%
2016 35.70 1416th 1987 28.7%
2017 23.37 1665th 2027 17.9%
2018 24.91 1687th 2080 18.9%
2019 17.95 1936th 2193 11.7%
2021 14.03 2058th 2252 8.6%
2022 10.28 2157th 2254 4.3%
2023 15.27 2111th 2330 9.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Desoto West Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.95 680th 720 5.6%
2019 33.53 526th 753 30.1%
2022 8.48 805th 813 1.0%
2023 3.52 813th 817 0.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Desoto West Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.33 1300th 1376 5.5%
2019 17.71 1390th 1445 3.8%
2021 35.94 1035th 1592 35.0%
2022 39.59 957th 1643 41.8%
2023 27.23 1373rd 1720 20.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Desoto West Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.00 565th 1597 64.6%
2019 41.55 843rd 1626 48.2%
2021 31.93 1241st 1712 27.5%
2022 27.94 1447th 1757 17.6%
2023 30.99 1371st 1815 24.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Desoto West Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.96 1564th 2039 23.3%
2019 21.40 1836th 2073 11.4%
2021 16.66 2020th 2172 7.0%
2022 14.12 2109th 2220 5.0%
2023 16.88 2062nd 2251 8.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Desoto West Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.43 1582nd 2008 21.2%
2019 17.95 1847th 2047 9.8%
2021 16.10 1941st 2151 9.8%
2022 11.84 2126th 2221 4.3%
2023 15.65 2038th 2241 9.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Desoto West Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.72 1225th 1430 14.3%
2019 5.87 1421st 1446 1.7%
2021 6.24 1456th 1501 3.0%
2022 3.95 1465th 1488 1.5%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Desoto West Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.95 1459th 2008 27.3%
2019 22.73 1862nd 2058 9.5%
2021 18.48 2011th 2118 5.1%
2022 19.87 2009th 2182 7.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Desoto West Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.48 1698th 2030 16.4%
2019 18.41 1854th 2069 10.4%
2021 14.65 2005th 2168 7.5%
2022 10.09 2142nd 2228 3.9%
2023 15.69 2032nd 2245 9.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Desoto West Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.45 671st 1167 42.5%
2019 30.40 879th 1193 26.3%
2021 22.78 1069th 1213 11.9%
2022 19.14 1162nd 1251 7.1%
2023 27.10 978th 1273 23.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Desoto West Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.00 1234th 1895 34.9%
2019 28.32 1523rd 1935 21.3%
2021 26.81 1606th 2043 21.4%
2022 21.91 1790th 2077 13.8%
2023 25.94 1705th 2116 19.4%
See the entire list of Best Texas Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Desoto West Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.67 1455th 1673 13.0%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Desoto West Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 291 58 3 20 5 n/a n/a 0 377
1989 289 60 3 18 1 n/a n/a 0 371
1990 328 67 2 19 2 n/a n/a 0 418
1991 338 80 6 26 2 n/a n/a 0 452
1992 353 92 8 25 1 n/a n/a 0 479
1993 375 117 8 27 4 n/a n/a 0 531
1994 356 113 13 30 3 n/a n/a 0 515
1995 284 157 7 30 0 n/a n/a 0 478
1996 284 157 7 30 0 n/a n/a 0 478
1997 294 177 3 32 0 n/a n/a 0 506
1998 288 174 4 28 1 n/a n/a 0 495
1999 242 176 5 38 1 n/a n/a 0 462
2000 206 238 4 45 1 n/a n/a 0 494
2001 204 298 5 52 1 n/a n/a 0 560
2002 137 411 9 51 0 n/a n/a 0 608
2003 137 411 9 51 0 n/a n/a 0 608
2004 141 466 10 69 0 n/a n/a 0 686
2005 102 567 10 101 1 n/a n/a 0 781
2006 74 640 7 104 2 n/a n/a 0 827
2007 71 634 6 98 3 n/a n/a 0 812
2008 40 602 5 96 1 n/a n/a 0 744
2009 41 602 7 83 0 n/a n/a 0 733
2010 33 610 5 98 5 n/a n/a 0 751
2011 31 608 5 106 2 1 7 0 760
2012 23 581 2 87 2 1 9 0 705
2013 26 547 2 66 1 1 9 0 652
2014 25 563 3 50 1 1 8 0 651
2015 27 595 3 74 2 1 7 0 709
2016 16 624 5 83 1 1 8 0 738
2017 14 586 2 102 1 0 12 0 717
2018 15 554 2 87 1 0 14 0 673
2019 8 602 4 90 0 0 17 0 721
2020 7 474 3 90 0 0 13 0 587
2021 5 386 1 89 0 0 14 0 495
2022 8 450 4 93 2 0 21 0 578
2023 6 339 2 80 1 0 11 0 439

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Desoto West Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 377 20.0 18.8 n/a
1989 371 n/a n/a n/a
1990 418 24.0 17.4 n/a
1991 452 24.4 18.5 n/a
1992 479 29.7 16.1 n/a
1993 531 31.0 17.1 9.4
1994 515 34.1 15.1 9.9
1995 478 34.3 13.9 7.5
1996 478 34.3 13.9 7.5
1997 506 34.4 14.7 9.3
1998 495 34.6 14.3 10.7
1999 462 34.7 13.3 12.6
2000 494 34.8 14.2 18
2001 560 33.5 16.7 24.3
2002 608 37.7 16.1 25.3
2003 608 37.7 16.1 25.3
2004 686 42.7 16.1 31
2005 781 45.7 17.1 41.6
2006 827 46.0 18.0 45.5
2007 812 52.2 15.6 44.5
2008 744 49.6 15.0 50.1
2009 733 48.0 15.3 55.8
2010 751 49.9 15.0 60.1
2011 760 52.4 14.4 63.3
2012 705 47.2 14.9 66.1
2013 652 45.6 14.2 65.2
2014 651 46.6 13.9 61.4
2015 709 49.0 14.4 68
2016 738 51.0 14.4 66
2017 717 51.5 13.9 69.2
2018 673 56.3 11.9 69.7
2019 721 50.0 14.3 69.1
2020 587 33.0 17.7 79.4
2021 495 29.2 16.9 70.3
2022 578 32.0 18.0 74.2
2023 439 31.3 13.9 69.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Desoto West Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 377 20.0 18.8 n/a
1989 371 n/a n/a n/a
1990 418 24.0 17.4 n/a
1991 452 24.4 18.5 n/a
1992 479 29.7 16.1 n/a
1993 531 31.0 17.1 9.4
1994 515 34.1 15.1 9.9
1995 478 34.3 13.9 7.5
1996 478 34.3 13.9 7.5
1997 506 34.4 14.7 9.3
1998 495 34.6 14.3 10.7
1999 462 34.7 13.3 12.6
2000 494 34.8 14.2 18
2001 560 33.5 16.7 24.3
2002 608 37.7 16.1 25.3
2003 608 37.7 16.1 25.3
2004 686 42.7 16.1 31
2005 781 45.7 17.1 41.6
2006 827 46.0 18.0 45.5
2007 812 52.2 15.6 44.5
2008 744 49.6 15.0 50.1
2009 733 48.0 15.3 55.8
2010 751 49.9 15.0 60.1
2011 760 52.4 14.4 63.3
2012 705 47.2 14.9 66.1
2013 652 45.6 14.2 65.2
2014 651 46.6 13.9 61.4
2015 709 49.0 14.4 68
2016 738 51.0 14.4 66
2017 717 51.5 13.9 69.2
2018 673 56.3 11.9 69.7
2019 721 50.0 14.3 69.1
2020 587 33.0 17.7 79.4
2021 495 29.2 16.9 70.3
2022 578 32.0 18.0 74.2
2023 439 31.3 13.9 69.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Desoto West Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,221 (11.6%) $9,346 (88.4%) $10,567
2020 $1,533 (8.5%) $16,546 (91.5%) $18,079
2021 $1,674 (15.4%) $9,174 (84.6%) $10,848

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Desoto West Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1936th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 2111th of 2330 Middle schools
 2.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Desoto West Middle)2928
 1%
   6th Grade Reading (Desoto Independent School District (Isd))2540
 15%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Desoto West Middle)209
 11%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Desoto Independent School District (Isd))2118
 3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Desoto West Middle)2829
 1%
   7th Grade Reading (Desoto Independent School District (Isd))3040
 10%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Desoto West Middle)149
 5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Desoto Independent School District (Isd))1711
 6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Desoto West Middle)2945
 16%
   8th Grade Reading (Desoto Independent School District (Isd))3155
 24%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Desoto West Middle)2826
 2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Desoto Independent School District (Isd))2847
 19%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Desoto West Middle)2211
 11%
   8th Grade Science (Desoto Independent School District (Isd))2520
 5%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Desoto West Middle)136
 7%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Desoto Independent School District (Isd))1112
 1%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Desoto West Middle)7945
 34%
   End of Course Algebra I (Desoto Independent School District (Isd))4926
 23%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students721439
 39.1%
African American602339
 43.7%
American Indian01
Asian42
 50%
Hispanic9080
 11.1%
Pacific Islander00
White86
 25%
Two or More Races1711
 35.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients69.1%69.9%
 0.9%


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Students who attend Desoto West Middle usually go on to attend Desoto High School

Desoto West Middle ranks in the bottom 9.4% of Texas middle schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 439 students attended Desoto West Middle.

Students at Desoto West Middle are 77% African American, 18% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 1% White.


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