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West Hills High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
8756 Mast Blvd.
Santee, CA 92071
Phone
(619) 956-0400
District
GROSSMONT UNION HIGH
County
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1618
Classroom Teachers
70

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

9

(10 is best)

Better than 82.0% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

West Hills High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
54%
41%
69%
54%
39%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
23
23
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 428 26.5%
Grade 10 393 24.3%
Grade 11 393 24.3%
Grade 12 404 25.0%
Total 1618 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 58.3% 46.5% 22.7%
Black 2.8% 5.7% 5.4%
Hispanic 30.5% 41.8% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.4% 4.3% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.0% 1.7% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 39.4% 61.1% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 23.2% 40.7% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 16.2% 20.3% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 493,805 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,169.2 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.7% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.8% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.7% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.9% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 166,657 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 8.7% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.8% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 28.8% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.3% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.1% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.4% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.1% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.8% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.0% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 7.2% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,467 $141,652,910 38.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $991 $16,579,430 4.5%
Staff $856 $14,320,880 3.9%
General Administration $179 $2,994,670 0.8%
School Administration $853 $14,270,690 3.9%
Operation $1,510 $25,262,300 6.9%
Transportation $393 $6,574,890 1.8%
Other $776 $12,982,480 3.5%
Total Support $5,558 $92,985,340 25.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $7,908 $132,300,840 36.1%
Total Expenditures $21,932 $366,922,360 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%