Westwood High School (Austin, Texas)
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12400 Mellow Meadow Drive Austin, Texas 78750 United States |
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| Coordinates | 30°27′20″N 97°47′51″W / 30.4556°N 97.7976°WCoordinates: 30°27′20″N 97°47′51″W / 30.4556°N 97.7976°W |
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| Type | High School |
| Established | 1981 |
| School district | Round Rock Independent School District |
| Principal | Mario Acosta |
| Teaching staff | 162.34 (2012-2013 FTE) |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 2666 (2015-2016) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.9 (2012-2013) |
| Color(s) | Burnt orange & White |
| Mascot | Warriors |
| Website | westwood |
Westwood High School (abbreviated WHS) is a public, four-year secondary school in Anderson Mill, Austin, Texas, and is part of the Round Rock Independent School District.
In 2013, Westwood was ranked the 57th best high school in the nation and the 8th best high school in Texas by Newsweek and The Daily Beast.Children at Risk ranked Westwood as the number 2 public high school in Austin in 2012.
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. In April 2016, there were 2,666 students enrolled at Westwood High School.
The demographic breakdown of the 2582 students enrolled for the 2012-2013 school year was:
In addition, 12.4% of the population was eligible for free or reduced lunch.
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%. For the class of 2010, the mean composite SAT score was 1801 out of 2400, and the mean ACT score was 26.4. In 2013, Westwood produced 50 National Merit Semifinalists, one of the highest numbers in the nation. Westwood has also produced USAMO qualifiers as well as physics and chemistry olympiad semifinalists.
Westwood offers 25 AP classes. Several IB classes at Westwood are coordinated with AP classes in the form of AP/IB classrooms, providing students with the benefits of both programs.
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