Westview High School | |
Zipcode: | 97229 |
Opened: | 1994 |
Principal: | Matthew Pedersen |
Teaching Staff: | 108.20 (FTE) |
Grades: | 9–12 |
Enrollment: | 2,442 (2022-2023)[1] |
Ratio: | 22.57 |
Campus: | Suburban |
Colors: | Navy, Red, and Silver |
Nickname: | Wildcats[2] |
Newspaper: | The View |
Feeder Schools: | Five Oaks MS, Stoller MS |
Westview High School (WHS) is a public high school in an unincorporated part of Washington County, Oregon, United States, within the Portland metropolitan area, and in the Beaverton School District. It opened in 1994 and its first graduating class was in June 1996.
In 2014, the average SAT score among Westview students was 1708, compared to the Oregon state average of 1544.[3]
Also in 2014, the average ACT score among 552 students at Westview was 22.4, compared to the 21.4 state average.
Of the Class of 2014, which consisted of 571 students, 65% attended a four-year college, while 15% attended a two-year college.[3]
In the 2021-22 school year, 66% of students reported being involved in at least one extracurricular activity.[4]
Westview is home to several competitive academic teams, namely Science Bowl and History Bowl. The former group has earned two straight regional championships in 2016 and 2017 in the Bonneville Power Administration Regional Science Bowl, the largest tournament of its kind in the nation. Westview's Science Bowl team has appeared at the national competition for National Science Bowl in four consecutive years,[5] placing second in their division at the national competition in 2017.
Westview's History Bowl program has also placed on the national level on multiple occasions. The team has twice been the national champion of History Bowl, in 2014 and again in 2017.[6]
Individual Westview students have also had success in science fairs with many students both qualifying to and winning awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair, Regeneron ISEF (formerly Intel ISEF).[7]
Westview High School athletic teams compete in the OSAA 6A-2 Metro League along with other high schools in the Portland Metro area.
(†=Tied with one or more schools)