Westlake High School | |
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Address | |
100 Lakeview Canyon Rd. Thousand Oaks, California United States |
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Type | Public high school |
Established | 1978 |
School district | Conejo Valley Unified School District |
Principal | Jason Branham |
Faculty | 94 |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 2,391 (2014-15) |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) |
Blue Orange White |
Team name | Warriors |
Website | Westlake High School |
Coordinates: 34°09′33″N 118°49′02″W / 34.159157°N 118.81731°W
Westlake High School (also known as Westlake High, Westlake, or WHS) is a public high school in the Westlake Village neighborhood of Thousand Oaks, in Ventura County, California. Westlake High School serves grades 9–12 in the Conejo Valley Unified School District. Middle schools that feed into Westlake include Colina Middle School and Los Cerritos Middle School.
The first graduating class was the class of 1980. The first principal was Mr. William Albers. All students entering Westlake High School in 1979 signed a charter, which sits in the office today. Ron Lipari was the principal of WHS for fifteen years. In 2015, Jason Branham was selected as the new principal.
Newsweek has consistently ranked WHS as one of the top high schools in the United States. In 2015, Westlake High ranked as the 210th top high school in the United States and the 26th best high school in the state of California according to Newsweek. In 2015, Westlake's average score on Advanced Placement exams was 3.65. In 2016, Westlake ranked as the 119th top high school in the United States and the 15th best high school in the state of California.