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Westwood High School


This page presents key academic performance metrics for Westwood High School and where its student academic performance ranks among Austin public high schools.


Best Austin open enrollment public high schools rank: 2

Academic performance score: 10

In addition to its 2019 top-tier Austin area high schools academic ranking, Westwood High School had the highest number of 2019 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists among public high schools in Texas and is recognized as one of the best open enrollment high schools in Texas. The ranking methodology used for both the state and metropolitan area best high schools analyses is described on this complete 2019 Austin public high school rankings page. High schools with combined State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and college readiness academic performance indexes ranked in the top ten percent of Texas high schools are awarded an academic performance score of 10, high schools in the next lower, ninth decile receive an academic performance score of 9, and so on.

2018 Texas Education Agency (TEA) scaled STAAR score: 94

As described in the Texas Education Agency 2018 Accountability Manual, the STAAR scaled score is calculated by first adding equal weightings of the percentage of STAAR evaluations on which students’ performance mastered grade level, met grade level and approached grade level, dividing the sum by 3 and rounding it to the nearest whole percentage. The TEA refers to this as the STAAR raw component score. This raw score is then adjusted or “scaled” by using a conversion table to align letter grades and scores of Texas public school districts and campuses.

Westwood High School's 2018 academic accountability rating is Met Standard, the top campus rating awarded in 2018 by the TEA.


2018 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results

 all
subjects
readingmathematicssciencesocial
studies
Scaled STAAR component scores 94 92 92 96 97


2017 college readiness indicators

 AP / IBSATACT
Percentage of students meeting TSI college-ready criteria 68.8% 82.8% 49.5%
The Advance Placement/International Baccalaureate (AP/IB) and SAT and ACT college admission tests metrics shown above are the percentage of students meeting college-ready criteria specified in the Texas Success Initiative (TSI), a state-legislated program to improve student success in college.


2019 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists: 57


2016-2017 enrollment

  students 
Westwood High School 2,678  
  Ninth grade 697  
  Tenth grade 658  
  Eleventh grade 693  
  Twelfth grade 630  


Campus address and phone number

12400 Mellow Meadow Drive
Austin, TX 78750
512 464-4000


Sources: Round Rock Independent School District, Texas Education Agency and National Merit Scholarship Corporation

 




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