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Westwood 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
200 Nahatan Street
Westwood, MA 02090
Phone
(781) 326-7500
District
WESTWOOD
County
NORFOLK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
952
Classroom Teachers
78

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

9

(10 is best)

Better than 89.5% of all MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Westwood High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
78%
52%
80%
57%
76%
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 9 214 22.5%
Grade 10 236 24.8%
Grade 11 249 26.2%
Grade 12 250 26.3%
Total 952 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 79.1% 79.1% 58.3%
Black 3.8% 2.2% 9.8%
Hispanic 4.5% 5.5% 24.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 12.6% 13.0% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 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 16,066 6,981,974
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,443.3 889
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.9% 17.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.4% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.7% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 18.4% 17.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,424 2,740,995
Single Parent Households With Children 2.6% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.0% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 71.6% 45.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 58.0% 30.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.2% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 5.0% 11.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 5.5% 12.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.1% 10.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.5% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 3.6% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,693 $41,079,000 59.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,763 $5,289,000 7.6%
Staff $1,305 $3,915,000 5.6%
General Administration $277 $831,000 1.2%
School Administration $1,061 $3,183,000 4.6%
Operation $2,377 $7,131,000 10.2%
Transportation $569 $1,707,000 2.5%
Other $375 $1,125,000 1.6%
Total Support $7,727 $23,181,000 33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,774 $5,322,000 7.6%
Total Expenditures $23,194 $69,582,000 100.0%
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%