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Westinghouse High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 1,199 pupils enrolled. The Principal is W Burgess. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. The school offers 12 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Westinghouse High School enrolls 1,199 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 42% male and 58% female. A teaching staff of 80 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Black or African American, 42% Hispanic or Latino and 7.1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 553 | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 502 | 42% |
| Asian | 85 | 7.1% |
| White | 29 | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 1.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
927 of the school's 1,199 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Westinghouse High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-70, state senate district 5, state house district 10.
Westinghouse High School is one of 644 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, based in Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 324,130 students district-wide and employs 22,932 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,199 students, Westinghouse High School is larger than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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