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Westport Middle School

East-end resides middle school with a Montessori magnet on the same campus

Neighborhood 6–8 · Explore + Montessori magnet · Warhawks

  • Grades: 6th–8th
  • How to get in: Resides + Explore / Montessori by application
  • School day: 8:40 a.m.–3:20 p.m.

Westport is an east-end resides middle school on Westport Road, not a whole-school magnet. Most students attend because the address is assigned here. It is an Explore Pathways school, and a Montessori magnet sits on the same campus and does take an application. The building was a high school from 1961 to 1981. Use this guide to keep those two doors separate. JCPS Insider is not affiliated with Jefferson County Public Schools.

8100 Westport Road · St. Matthews / Lyndon corridor · Kentucky

Official starting points

School Choice:(502) 485-6250schoolchoice@jefferson.kyschools.us

What this school is

Westport sits on Westport Road in the St. Matthews / Lyndon / east-end belt. The campus opened as Westport Road High School in 1961. The last senior class graduated in 1981; it has been a 6–8 since. Mascot: Warhawks. Core-values language in Choices: consistency, community, collaboration, coaching.

This is a neighborhood 6–8 first. JCPS also lists it as an Explore Pathways school — Business and Communication, Engineering and Design, Healthcare Science — written to feed Academies of Louisville. A Montessori magnet is a separate program on the same campus.

Who runs the building

Jodie Zeller

Jodie Zeller is named on the current Westport staff directory and school communications. The 2025–26 JCPS middle-school data book still prints Joseph Zeller. For parent contact, use Jodie Zeller. Keonda Mays is listed as 6th-grade assistant principal. Confirm names on the school site before you write a letter.

School details

Address
8100 Westport Road, Louisville, KY 40222
  • School day: 8:40 a.m.–3:20 p.m.
  • Title I: Yes
  • Mascot: Warhawks

How families get in

If Westport is your resides middle school, you do not submit a magnet application to attend the neighborhood / Explore program. Fifth-graders already in JCPS move automatically unless they live in a Choice Zone or apply somewhere else. Confirm the address in School Finder.

  • Explore Pathways are for students who already attend. Families do not apply separately for Explore.
  • Montessori magnet is the application path. Use the current Choices Guide. Transportation rules differ from resides.
  • Student transfer is a different form and is not guaranteed.

Two doors on one campus

  • Resides / Explore is one door. Montessori is another and takes an application. Sitting in Westport for the neighborhood program does not place a child in Montessori.
  • The 2025–26 profile lists elementary feeders including Alex R. Kennedy, Breckinridge-Franklin, Chenoweth, Field, and St. Matthews.

The 2026–27 magnet window (for Montessori and other magnets) was November 3–December 19, 2025. That window is closed.

Who it tends to fit

A good match when

  • Westport is your resides school and you want Explore Pathways plus a long arts and sports list, without a lottery.
  • You specifically want the Montessori magnet and will apply on time.
  • East-end / St. Matthews commute is already your life.

Think twice when

  • You assumed the whole building is Montessori. It is not.
  • State scores are the only filter — Westport sits mid-pack in this series.
  • You want a Traditional magnet culture (Barret, JCTMS, Johnson).

Students

Race counts are from the JCPS 2025–26 Middle Schools Data Book, students attending on Oct. 1, 2025. Headcount is 914 — the same figure as the Choices Guide. Title I: Yes. Profile capacity note: 1,340.

Diversity index

72%

Standard racial/ethnic diversity index using the Oct. 1, 2025 headcounts (914). White students are the largest group, Black students next, then Hispanic.

Reported race and ethnicity counts for Westport Middle School
GroupStudentsShare
White35539%
Black / African American24927%
Hispanic / Latino21223%
Two or more races576%
Asian374%

Gender: Not broken out separately in the source data book.

  • Choices Guide enrollment 914 (matches Oct. 1 file)
  • Listed capacity 1,340
  • Title I: Yes
  • Start / dismiss: 8:40 a.m.–3:20 p.m.
  • Board seat: vacant / confirm current member — James Craig resigned July 2026

Academics

Use the Kentucky School Report Card first. These bands are from the school banner and profile figures.

  • Reading: 25% proficient, 13% distinguished. Math: 26% proficient, 9% distinguished. Combined P+D is about 38% reading and 35% math.
  • Those combined bands sit near Kammerer and above Thomas Jefferson, below Crosby and Echo Trail.
  • Montessori is a program inside the building, not a guarantee of higher KSA bands for the whole school.
  • Ask how magnet and neighborhood students are grouped.

Awards and recognition

  • Travel Club

    2026 posts advertised 2027 trips to Spain and Greece — ask cost and who goes

  • Long activities list

    Academic Team, Beta, drama, equestrian, FCA, GSA, MATHCOUNTS, Men of Quality

Location and daily life

8100 Westport Road, 40222 — St. Matthews / Lyndon corridor, near Ballard, Kammerer, and Waggener. A community library is listed at the same address in some directories. Hours match several other JCPS middles: 8:40 a.m.–3:20 p.m.

Programs include Explore Pathways (Business and Communication; Engineering and Design; Healthcare Science) with related arts such as orchestra, band, robotics, coding, STEM, African-American history, and art; the on-campus Montessori magnet; one-to-one Chromebooks; and clubs and athletics from baseball through volleyball plus field hockey, lacrosse, swim, and step.

Recent news, in context

WHAS reported Westport among JCPS campuses evacuated in a nationwide swatting event, alongside Ballard, Atherton, and Wilder. The district's statement said all schools returned to normal operations the same morning and that students and staff were safe — a hoax-call story, not a device on campus.

Enrollment has come down from the 1,200s earlier in the decade to 914 on Oct. 1, 2025. The building is not over listed capacity.

Ask how arrival and dismissal work on a 1961 campus with a large front lot. JCPS posts school-level suspension totals, and those numbers move.

Compare before you commit

Questions to ask on a tour

  1. 1.Is Westport still the resides school for my address?
  2. 2.How are Montessori and neighborhood students grouped during the day?
  3. 3.What does an Explore healthcare or engineering week look like for a typical team?
  4. 4.Which high school do most Westport eighth-graders actually enter?
  5. 5.How full is the building at 914 students versus the 1,340 listed capacity?
  6. 6.What does the Travel Club cost, and who gets a seat?
  7. 7.Can we walk a regular team classroom and a Montessori room on the same visit?

What to do next

  1. 1.Run your address in School Finder.
  2. 2.If Westport is your resides school, register if you are new to JCPS. No magnet application is required for the neighborhood program.
  3. 3.If you want Montessori or another magnet, use the current Choices Guide.
  4. 4.Tour if you can. Ask to see both programs, not only the facade.
  5. 5.Complete the Transportation Verification form if you need a bus.
  6. 6.If you are offered a different school, read the deadline on the letter.

Last checked: September 2026. When this page and JCPS disagree, use JCPS. JCPS Insider is not affiliated with Jefferson County Public Schools.