Westwood High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

945 West 8th St

Mesa AZ, 85201, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-472-0200

Ranking:

(137 out of 409, top 33%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Mesa Unified District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	139		139		133		130		98		112		125
Total Students:	3,090		3,000		2,927		2,908		2,171		2,127		2,217
Grade 9:	846	27.4%	831	27.7%	791	27.0%	750	25.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 10:	804	26.0%	765	25.5%	790	27.0%	808	27.8%	805	37.1%	771	36.2%	819	36.9%
Grade 11:	718	23.2%	725	24.2%	697	23.8%	692	23.8%	710	32.7%	708	33.3%	794	35.8%
Grade 12:	722	23.4%	679	22.6%	649	22.2%	658	22.6%	656	30.2%	648	30.5%	604	27.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,570	50.8%	1,505	50.2%	1,473	50.3%	1,504	51.7%	1,103	50.8%	1,072	50.4%	1,125	50.7%
Female:	1,520	49.2%	1,495	49.8%	1,454	49.7%	1,404	48.3%	1,060	48.8%	1,047	49.2%	1,088	49.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	268	8.7%	263	8.8%	255	8.7%	265	9.1%	219	10.1%	201	9.4%	201	9.1%
Asian:	80	2.6%	86	2.9%	79	2.7%	68	2.3%	41	1.9%	39	1.8%	46	2.1%
Hispanic:	1,536	49.7%	1,501	50.0%	1,432	48.9%	1,440	49.5%	1,069	49.2%	1,028	48.3%	1,038	46.8%
Black:	222	7.2%	219	7.3%	212	7.2%	218	7.5%	149	6.9%	131	6.2%	161	7.3%
White:	964	31.2%	913	30.4%	932	31.8%	913	31.4%	693	31.9%	728	34.2%	771	34.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	0.6%	17	0.6%	16	0.5%	4	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,851	59.9%	1,826	60.9%	1,758	60.1%	1,764	60.7%	1,236	56.9%	949	44.6%	973	43.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	256	8.3%	245	8.2%	258	8.8%	224	7.7%	243	11.2%	220	10.3%	300	13.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.31		21.57		22.04		22.46		22.24		19.10		17.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	707	722	N/A
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	514	N/A
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	513.45	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	506	N/A
2013	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	505	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	699	717	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	705	719	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	707	718.59	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	701	712	N/A
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	706	713	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	488	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	492	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	497.98	N/A
2012	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	486	N/A
2013	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	487	N/A
2009	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	690	705	N/A
2010	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	689	706	N/A
2011	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	506.91	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	506	N/A
2013	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	507	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	32.5%	30.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	67.5%	69.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	21.4%	20.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	78.6%	80.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$52,536.0	$51,829.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,125.0	$38,753.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$55,909.0	$55,098.0

* Westwood High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.