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Westwood High School

Serves grades 8 - 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
300 South Westwood Dr
Ishpeming, MI 49849
Phone
(906) 485-1023
District
NICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
MARQUETTE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
389
Classroom Teachers
22

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

7

(10 is best)

Better than 69.0% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

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

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
45%
40%
58%
51%
31%
29%
45%
40%
58%
51%
31%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
18
16
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 8 0 0.0%
Grade 9 118 30.3%
Grade 10 90 23.1%
Grade 11 79 20.3%
Grade 12 101 26.0%
Total 389 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.0% 96.1% 67.6%
Black 0.8% 0.5% 18.7%
Hispanic 1.3% 1.1% 9.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.4% 3.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.6% 1.8% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 26.2% 31.1% 49.8%
Free lunch eligible 24.9% 29.7% 46.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.3% 1.4% 3.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 7,054 10,034,113
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 13.4 177
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.1% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.6% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.1% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.4% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 20.8% 17.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,789 4,009,253
Single Parent Households With Children 4.7% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.7% 91.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 24.0% 31.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.9% 16.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.7% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 19.6% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.5% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.8% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.3% 11.6%
$15,000 or less 5.2% 9.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,279 $9,446,339 61.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $522 $595,602 3.9%
Staff $330 $376,530 2.4%
General Administration $237 $270,417 1.8%
School Administration $457 $521,437 3.4%
Operation $975 $1,112,475 7.2%
Transportation $600 $684,600 4.4%
Other $218 $248,738 1.6%
Total Support $3,340 $3,810,940 24.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,888 $2,154,208 14.0%
Total Expenditures $13,507 $15,411,487 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,303 $10,472,771,170 46.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,089 $1,561,376,980 6.9%
Staff $673 $965,764,951 4.3%
General Administration $275 $393,721,602 1.7%
School Administration $723 $1,037,127,879 4.6%
Operation $1,101 $1,578,839,213 7.0%
Transportation $502 $719,551,334 3.2%
Other $660 $945,908,306 4.2%
Total Support $5,022 $7,202,233,256 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,415 $4,897,130,513 21.7%
Total Expenditures $15,740 $22,572,121,714 100.0%
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%