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West 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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
3301 Saylesville Rd
Waukesha, WI 53189
Phone
(262) 970-3905
District
WAUKESHA SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
WAUKESHA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1192
Classroom Teachers
64

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Wisconsin

9

(10 is best)

Better than 81.9% of WI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

9

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
45%
34%
52%
38%
37%
30%
    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
19
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 300 25.2%
Grade 10 302 25.3%
Grade 11 279 23.4%
Grade 12 311 26.1%
Total 1192 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 80.8% 66.1% 71.5%
Black 3.9% 5.6% 9.3%
Hispanic 11.8% 24.1% 13.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.3% 3.8% 4.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 1.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 18.9% 37.4% 42.7%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 15.1% 31.8% 37.8%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 3.8% 5.6% 5.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 95,405 5,895,908
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,358.1 108
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.8% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.9% 31.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.2% 26.8%
65 OR OLDER 17.2% 16.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 38,978 2,378,818
Single Parent Households With Children 7.7% 9.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.4% 92.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 40.9% 30.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.3% 11.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.4% 16.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.2% 14.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.5% 18.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.6% 17.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.4% 13.0%
$15,000 or less 6.6% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,895 $87,835,405 52.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $593 $7,554,227 4.6%
Staff $677 $8,624,303 5.2%
General Administration $195 $2,484,105 1.5%
School Administration $754 $9,605,206 5.8%
Operation $1,120 $14,267,680 8.6%
Transportation $475 $6,051,025 3.6%
Other $724 $9,223,036 5.6%
Total Support $4,538 $57,809,582 34.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,598 $20,356,922 12.3%
Total Expenditures $13,031 $166,001,909 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,568 $6,282,358,670 48.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $651 $540,032,445 4.1%
Staff $716 $594,501,509 4.6%
General Administration $284 $235,900,170 1.8%
School Administration $662 $549,278,249 4.2%
Operation $1,338 $1,110,593,319 8.5%
Transportation $554 $459,888,627 3.5%
Other $645 $535,838,097 4.1%
Total Support $4,850 $4,025,953,357 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,316 $2,752,721,504 21.1%
Total Expenditures $15,733 $13,061,109,241 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%