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Westport Junior/senior High School

Serves grades 5 - 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
19 Main Road
Westport, MA 02790
Phone
(508) 636-1050
District
WESTPORT
County
BRISTOL COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
828
Classroom Teachers
71

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

5

(10 is best)

Better than 48.0% of all MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Westport Junior/senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 5

50 40 30 20 10 0
32%
38%
29%
40%
35%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

50 40 30 20 10 0
28%
41%
30%
41%
25%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
50%
39%
50%
41%
50%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
41%
39%
38%
42%
43%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
56%
52%
60%
57%
51%
48%
56%
52%
60%
57%
51%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 5 118 14.3%
Grade 6 136 16.4%
Grade 7 139 16.8%
Grade 8 116 14.0%
Grade 9 97 11.7%
Grade 10 81 9.8%
Grade 11 69 8.3%
Grade 12 69 8.3%
Total 828 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.8% 93.1% 58.3%
Black 0.6% 0.9% 9.8%
Hispanic 4.3% 5.1% 24.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.1% 0.9% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 16,245 6,981,974
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 310.7 889
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.3% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.6% 17.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.8% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 34.6% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 24.6% 17.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,782 2,740,995
Single Parent Households With Children 6.6% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.8% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.8% 45.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.1% 30.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.9% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.0% 11.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.1% 12.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.6% 10.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.8% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 4.5% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,501 $16,308,418 27.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,715 $2,431,870 4.1%
Staff $566 $802,588 1.3%
General Administration $209 $296,362 0.5%
School Administration $711 $1,008,198 1.7%
Operation $1,516 $2,149,688 3.6%
Transportation $910 $1,290,380 2.2%
Other $501 $710,418 1.2%
Total Support $6,128 $8,689,504 14.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $24,583 $34,858,694 58.2%
Total Expenditures $42,212 $59,856,616 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,021 $10,957,524,359 51.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,684 $1,534,703,819 7.2%
Staff $914 $833,015,705 3.9%
General Administration $276 $251,849,785 1.2%
School Administration $979 $892,630,457 4.2%
Operation $1,659 $1,511,998,563 7.1%
Transportation $848 $773,223,628 3.6%
Other $478 $436,154,533 2.1%
Total Support $6,839 $6,233,540,894 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,416 $4,024,919,077 19.0%
Total Expenditures $23,275 $21,215,885,470 100.0%
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%