📍 4480 Westmont Rd, Memphis, Shelby County, 38109
Westwood High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Memphis, Shelby County. The school has 319 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 77%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Westwood High enrolls 319 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American, 1.9% Two or more races and 1.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 308 | 97% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.3% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Westwood High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 29, state house district 85.
Westwood High is one of 222 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools, based in Memphis, Tennessee. The district serves 111,124 students district-wide and employs 6,885 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 319 students, Westwood High is smaller than the district average of about 501 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large