Westwood offers honors and Advanced Placement courses to all students and further houses a district level International Baccalaureate magnet program. This combination of honors, AP and IB courses supports not only a robust college matriculation rate but also imparts a college preparatory element to upper division courses. As of the 2012-2013 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2582 students and 162.34 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.9.[2] In April 2022, there were 2,751 students enrolled at Westwood High School.[3]
Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 2,815 students enrolled for the 2021-2022 school year was:[4][5]
Gender
Male - 51.1%
Female - 48.9%
Ethnicity
Native American - 0.5%
Asian/Pacific islander - 37.3%
African American- 3.0%
Hispanic - 18.4%
White - 35.8%
Two or more races - 4.8%
Additionally 9.3% of the students population are considered economically disadvantaged.
Academics
In the class of 2009, 73% of Westwood seniors took at least one Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) exam, averaging 5.1 exams per test taker, with a participant pass rate of 91.2%.[6] For the class of 2010, the mean composite SAT score was 1801 out of 2400, and the mean ACT score was 26.4.[7] In 2013, Westwood produced 50 National Merit Semifinalists, one of the highest numbers in the nation.[8]
In 2009 Westwood traveled to the National Scholastic K-12 Championship, where the 10th grade team won first and the 12th grade team tied for first; the 9th and 11th grade teams placed third and fourth in their sections respectively.[10]
