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Westmont High School

909 N Oakwood Dr, Westmont, IL, 60559-1099 -

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Definition of Terms

Westmont High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Dupage County, IL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

575 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

35 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 136 students

Grade 10 - 164 students

Grade 11 - 129 students

Grade 12 - 146 students

This School

(IL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(IL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	6%	2%
% Hispanic	7%	10%
% Black	11%	19%
% White	76%	66%

Additional Student Information

This School

(IL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

17%

22%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(IL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Westmont C U 201 School District

This School's Agency

(IL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	5	3
Number of Students Managed	1,705 students	984 students
District Total Revenue	$21,429,000	$9,428,000
District Expenditure	$20,702,000	$9,311,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,568	$9,581
District Expenditure / Student	$12,142	$9,462
District Graduation Rates	94%	92%

After rough start in life, Jessica Lagasse competes in Miss California USA pageant (San Jose Mercury News)
posted on November 20, 2009 at 10:43:37 pm
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Campbell shorts: FFA putting in work at Westmont (Saratoga News)
posted on November 20, 2009 at 06:10:56 pm
As the last chapter in the Campbell Union High School District, the Campbell Future Farmers of America are putting in work every month to make sure its chapter stays alive.
W. Volleyball. No. 11 Bears Make Desert Dates With Sun Devils and No. 19 Wildcats (CalBears.com)
posted on November 18, 2009 at 03:34:47 am
The Golden Bears carry a five-match winning streak into the desert and seek to gain momentum as they close the regular season on the road. The No. 11-ranked California volleyball team will try to take all four matches from the Arizona schools in the same season for the third time in four years as it faces the Sun Devils and the Wildcats this weekend. During the course of its current winning ...
Campbell woman hopes to represent Miss California in USA pageant (San Jose Mercury News)
posted on November 15, 2009 at 05:13:37 pm
Campbell will have one of its own vying for the title of Miss California USA at the annual pageant next weekend.
Culture Calendar (The Lisle Sun)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 10:15:12 am
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Westmont High School is a public high school with 500-600 students, located in the village of Westmont, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, and part of Westmont Community Unit School District 201. The student population and building size are much smaller than adjacent public high schools.
History
Created as part of the newly formed CUSD 201 in Westmont in 1972, the community approved of building the high school in 1973. Westmont High School opened for its first days of class in September, 1974, and graduated its charter class in June 1978. The school mascot, the Sentinel, is a sentry, or guard wearing a uniform of the school colors, burgundy and gold. The name is also word play from "Centennial," since the building was not opened until October of 1976, the year of the United States Bicentennial. The school's original architecture was unique; a circular building with class areas divided by movable partitions, an attempt to make the school easily adaptable to changing needs. More recently, some classrooms have been reconstructed with permanent walls and closing doors.
Administration
Westmont High School is part of the Community Unit School District 201.
Steven T. Carr, Principal
Nancy Bartosz, Assistant Principal
Michael R. McCord, Dean/Athletic Director
Demographics
In 2007, Westmont High School enrolled 573 students, 78.2% of whom were white, 8.6% of whom were Black, 8.2% of whom were Hispanic, and 4.4% were Asian/Pacific Islander. Low-income students comprised 23.7% of the student body; 2.4% had limited English proficiency. The drop-out rate was 2.4% and the chronic truancy rate was 1.4%, which are both slightly better than the state average. The attendance rate was 93.5%.
Academics
Westmont High School graduated 91.6% of its senior class in 2007, and the average ACT composite score upon graduation was 20.5, slightly above the state average of 20.3.However, in 2007, Westmont High School did not make Adequate Yearly Progress overall, although it did do so in Reading.
Athletics
With the current school enrollment, Westmont is placed in these class categories in the IHSA:
Football (8 class system): 3A
4-class system: 2A
3-class system: 1A
2-class system: A
Westmont High School has had some highlights in athletics in its history, most recently a second place finish in the 2008 IHSA Class 1A Cross Country State Finals.
Information about IHSA state series championships can be downloaded from Westmont High School's IHSA Season Summary page.
External links
Westmont High School Home Page
Community Unit School District 201

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