Westwood High School - Mesa, Arizona/AZ

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Westwood High School

945 W 8th Street, Mesa, AZ, 85201-3999 -

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Definition of Terms

Westwood High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 10 - 12

County

Maricopa County, AZ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2263 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

114 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 10 - 970 students

Grade 11 - 668 students

Grade 12 - 625 students

This School

(AZ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:20

1:20

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(AZ) School Average

% American Indian	10%	13%
% Asian	2%	1%
% Hispanic	42%	34%
% Black	6%	5%
% White	40%	47%

Additional Student Information

This School

(AZ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

49%

23%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

13%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

(AZ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Mesa Unified School District

This School's Agency

(AZ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	89	2
Number of Students Managed	74,395 students	505 students
District Total Revenue	$559,441,000	$3,309,000
District Expenditure	$494,936,000	$2,717,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,520	$6,552
District Expenditure / Student	$6,653	$5,380
District Graduation Rates	84%	50%

Crowd protests possible Mesa school closing (East Valley Tribune)
posted on November 21, 2009 at 05:55:58 am
More than 30 people, mostly students, from west Mesa's Powell Junior High School protested the possible closing of their neighborhood school on Friday.
Mormon teens re-enact ancestors' journey (Tri-Valley Dispatch)
posted on November 6, 2009 at 07:05:33 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Wearing 1850s-style bonnets, dresses and hats, about 200 Mormon teenagers from Mesa took a long step back in time Oct. 15 in Forest Lakes to re-enact the arduous trek of their pioneer ancestors.
Res Publica (The Austin Chronicle)
posted on November 6, 2009 at 06:14:07 am
Citizens' calendar, Nov. 5-12
Mesa district looks at closing Powell (East Valley Tribune)
posted on November 6, 2009 at 05:25:59 am
The Mesa Unified School District is considering closing Powell Junior High School to open a community center, adding ninth-graders to three high schools and creating an Advanced Studies Academy on the west side of the district.
Mesa councilman: Powell Jr. High could close (East Valley Tribune)
posted on November 5, 2009 at 08:40:58 pm
Mesa Councilman Dennis Kavanaugh is spreading word through Twitter that the Mesa school district wants to close Powell Junior High School.