Westwood High School (Austin, Texas) Explained
Westwood High School (abbreviated WHS) is a public, four-year secondary school in the Anderson Mill neighborhood, Austin, Texas, United States, and is part of the Round Rock Independent School District.
Westwood offers honors and Advanced Placement courses to all students and further houses a district level International Baccalaureate magnet program. This combination of honors, AP and IB courses supports not only a robust college matriculation rate but also imparts a college preparatory element to upper division courses. As of the 2012-2013 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2582 students and 162.34 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.9.[2] In April 2022, there were 2,751 students enrolled at Westwood High School.[3]
Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 2,815 students enrolled for the 2022-2023 school year was:[4] [5]
Gender
- Male - 50.7%
- Female - 49.2%
Ethnicity
- Native American - 0.5%
- Asian/Pacific islander - 39.0%
- African American- 2.8%
- Hispanic - 17.9%
- White - 35.0%
- Two or more races - 4.8%
Additionally 11.3% of the students population are considered economically disadvantaged.
Academics
In the class of 2009, 73% of Westwood seniors took at least one Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) exam, averaging 5.1 exams per test taker, with a participant pass rate of 91.2%.[6] For the class of 2010, the mean composite SAT score was 1801 out of 2400, and the mean ACT score was 26.4.[7] In 2013, Westwood produced 50 National Merit Semifinalists, one of the highest numbers in the nation.[8]
Westwood offers 25 AP classes.[9]
Clubs and organizations
Chess Club
In 2009 Westwood traveled to the National Scholastic K-12 Championship, where the 10th grade team won first and the 12th grade team tied for first; the 9th and 11th grade teams placed third and fourth in their sections respectively.[10]
Feeder Patterns
Two middle schools feed into this school:[11]
Six elementary schools feed into this school:[11]
Notable alumni
- Brent Clevlen (born 1983), baseball player[12]
- Kelly Johnson, baseball player[13] [14]
- Savan Kotecha, Grammy-nominated songwriter and record producer[15] [16]
- Glen Powell (born 1988), Actor[17]
- Eric Cervini, Author, historian, activist[18]
- Camilla Luddington (born 1983), actress best known for her role as Jo Wilson on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, attended Westwood High School for one year[19]
- Brian Vera (born 1981), American boxer[20]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: WESTWOOD H S. National Center for Education Statistics. February 2, 2021.
- Web site: Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Westwood H S. ed.gov. 4 June 2015.
- Web site: RRISD Enrollment Reports. RRISD Enrollment Reports. Round Rock ISD. 1 May 2016.
- Web site: July 16, 2024 . Westwood High School . September 10, 2023 . Texas Public Schools . en.
- Web site: July 16, 2024 . National Center for Education Statistics . September 10, 2023 . NCES . en.
- https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/texas/districts/round-rock-independent-school-district/westwood-high-school-19801
- Web site: Westwood High School International Baccalaureate School . March 5, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110105110845/http://schools.roundrockisd.org/Westwood/documents/WHS%20School%20Profile.pdf . January 5, 2011 .
- Web site: OFFICIAL HOME OF THE WESTWOOD WARRIORS . January 1, 2023.
- http://westwood.roundrockisd.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_13469/File/Westwood/APBooklet2013-14.pdf APBooklet2013-14
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110707104037/http://www.alchess.com/chess/09/k12/?page=TEAM&xsection=10 ""2009 National Scholastic K-12 Championship Results"
- http://www.roundrockisd.org/docs/2008_school_tracking_chart.pdf School Tracking Chart
- News: Clevlen sees old friend at park. September 1, 2014. MLB.com. May 15, 2010.
- News: Cantu. Rick. Bratcher, Westwood's only baseball coach, retires after 33 seasons. September 1, 2014. Austin American-Statesman. May 6, 2014.
- News: Hoch. Bryan. Johnson: Teaming with Jeter is amazing. September 1, 2014. MLB.com. February 27, 2014.
- Web site: Blackstock . Peter . SXSW adds Austin-raised songwriter Savan Kotecha as a featured speaker . Austin360 . Austin American-Statesman . 5 August 2020.
- Web site: Savan Kotecha Scholarships . Westwood High School Choirs . Westwood High School . 5 August 2020.
- Web site: Gross . Joe . Austin-raised actor Glen Powell talks 'The Expendables 3' . Austin American-Statesman . 14 June 2021 . en.
- Web site: Gallaga . Omar L. . Gender-neutral app from Austin native due out this week . Austin American-Statesman . 14 June 2021 . en.
- Camilla. Luddington. lived in Austin when I was 14 for a yr. Travis county.westwood High school. https://archive.today/20180510234443/https://twitter.com/camilluddington/status/361032578922323968. 10 May 2018. camilluddington. 361032578922323968. 27 July 2013.
- News: Shapiro. Sean. Vera set for bout with Chavez Jr. in August. September 1, 2014. Austin American-Statesman. May 6, 2013.
