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Westwood High School

Q: Is Westwood High School a good school?

Westwood High School ranks in the bottom 19.1% of Texas high schools.

Q: How many students attend Westwood High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 405 students attended Westwood High School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Westwood High School?

Students at Westwood High School are 47% White, 24% Hispanic, 23% African American, 5% Two or more races.

Q: What schools feed into Westwood High School?

Westwood High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Westwood Elementary Elementary : Westwood Pri Middle : Westwood J H

Public Grades 9-12

1596^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,974 Texas High Schools

Better than 19% of Texas high schools

Summary

Westwood High School is a public high school located in Palestine, Texas, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 404 students. The school is part of the Westwood Independent School District, which is ranked 898 out of 961 districts in Texas and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Westwood High School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Texas high schools, with a ranking between 1144 and 1596 out of around 1900-2000 high schools over the past 10 years. Its performance on STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) exams is also significantly below the state average across all subjects, with proficiency rates ranging from 9% to 58% compared to the state average of 47% to 68%. However, the school has shown improvement in its graduation rates, increasing from 96.2% in 2021-2022 to 99.0% in 2022-2023, though its dropout rates have fluctuated over the past few years.

Compared to nearby schools such as Cayuga High School, Neches High School, Oakwood High School, Slocum High School, and Elkhart High School, Westwood High School generally underperforms on academic measures, with lower proficiency rates and school rankings. The school's spending per student is higher than the state average, but its student-teacher ratio is also higher than the nearby schools, indicating that the district may not be allocating resources effectively to support smaller class sizes and more individualized instruction.

405

Students ?

10.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,669

Per pupil spending ?

76%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1820 Panther Blvd
Palestine, TX 75803-8483

(903) 729-1773

District: Westwood Independent School District (Isd)

Feeder schools for Westwood High School:

Elementary:	Westwood Elementary
	Westwood Pri
Middle:	Westwood J H

Racial breakdown:

White:

46.9%

Hispanic:

24.0%

African American:

22.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 53rd percentile in 2015 → 19th in 2025

Strengths

✓97% graduate within 4 years

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (35% vs 56% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 34 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school35%

District avg35%

Texas avg56%

1,596^th of 1,974

Texas public high schools ?

Bottom 19%▼ down 34 pts since 2015

From top 47% (2015) to bottom 19% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

898^th of 961Westwood Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	21.0	1596 of 1974	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.6	1355 of 1990	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.1	1383 of 1961	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	36.2	1206 of 1876	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.9	1206 of 1861	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.3	1144 of 1857	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.8	922 of 1797	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2017	38.7	1043 of 1777	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2016	53.1	883 of 1762	49.9%	★★☆☆☆
2015	56.2	812 of 1743	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2014	46.0	1026 of 1734	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2013	57.2	688 of 1652	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	63.1	473 of 1603	70.5%	★★★★☆
2011	65.0	606 of 1672	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2010	65.2	552 of 1568	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2009	70.8	360 of 1539	76.6%	★★★★☆
2008	68.6	437 of 1510	71.1%	★★★★☆
2007	67.4	490 of 1497	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2006	59.0	683 of 1430	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2005	57.4	712 of 1429	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2004	64.0	540 of 1427	62.2%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	17.3	726 of 834	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.6	596 of 1065	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.7	796 of 1069	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.6	602 of 1031	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.0	623 of 1020	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.2	815 of 1024	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	43.7	504 of 1013	50.2%	★★★☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	39.3	1002 of 1837	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.5	1188 of 1829	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.0	1106 of 1810	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.3	1025 of 1784	42.5%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	16.8	1019 of 1153	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	1362 of 1437	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.1	1251 of 1371	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.4	1087 of 1278	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.9	833 of 1195	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.2	919 of 1136	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.0	776 of 1113	30.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	19.9	1244 of 1504	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.4	1233 of 1880	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.8	1353 of 1891	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	36.5	1180 of 1841	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.3	1164 of 1815	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.3	1074 of 1798	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.0	856 of 1781	51.9%	★★★☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	72.9	201 of 964	79.1%	★★★★☆
2019	71.7	49 of 1145	95.7%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	12.6	1314 of 1453	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.8	1554 of 1805	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.3	1359 of 1820	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	1462 of 1762	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	46.2	866 of 1743	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.6	1099 of 1714	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.4	1286 of 1691	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	18.7	1301 of 1513	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.6	1432 of 1884	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.8	1404 of 1897	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.4	1148 of 1847	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.8	1194 of 1848	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.5	941 of 1818	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	53.9	654 of 1794	63.5%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	12.8	1352 of 1515	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.1	1481 of 1891	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.3	1376 of 1913	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.1	1204 of 1853	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.2	1251 of 1840	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.0	1220 of 1824	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.6	1073 of 1803	40.5%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	0.9	598 of 598	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.7	645 of 731	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.5	564 of 677	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	54.8	260 of 664	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	14.8	529 of 588	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.7	549 of 604	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	53.8	239 of 582	58.9%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	24.3	1086 of 1299	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.6	950 of 1548	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.6	1034 of 1478	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	63.0	308 of 1418	78.3%	★★★★☆
2021	36.8	849 of 1382	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.5	1007 of 1357	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.2	1162 of 1347	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	15.9	1129 of 1294	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.6	1272 of 1556	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.5	1245 of 1576	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	40.6	916 of 1525	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	21.6	1253 of 1510	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.6	990 of 1526	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.8	876 of 1539	43.1%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Gifted and Talented (2025)79th percentile+60 vs school

At Risk (2022)45th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)17th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)16th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile-5 vs school

African American (2025)13th percentile-6 vs school

White (2025)13th percentile-6 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)12th percentile-8 vs school

Male (2025)11th percentile-8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)10th percentile-10 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)<1st percentile-19 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

Biology51%-11 vs state

U.S. History42%-26 vs state

English II Reading39%-17 vs state

English I Reading33%-18 vs state

Algebra I9%-38 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Has anyone checked the ratings? The current superintendent has presided over a huge drop in district performance--where it now only outperforms 14 of the state? The HS principal was allowed to retire after the HS proficiency level from 48 when he came in 2018 and declined to 19 (-29)? From that same year, its ranking started at 922 and has dropped to 1596! In the business world, both the superintendent and HS principal would have been fired after 3 years! But it's ok to let the principal retire at a pay of $104,000 when he was leaving at 415 daily except when there was a game (and principals are supposed to stay nearly to 500 except on Fri when they can leave at 430). So why is the instructional leader of the HS not held accountable for the lack of learning and the performance decline? He didn't even enforce discipline unless it was an egregious offense. In one example, he let a kid that cussed out an entire class only have one day of after-school detention instead of the required 7-10 days in ISS! As a result of zero student consequences, every metric measured has shown steep declines for all groups! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				STAAR EOC Algebra I (2025)	STAAR EOC Biology (2025)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2025)	STAAR EOC English II Reading (2025)	STAAR EOC U.S. History (2025)	STAAR Reading (2025)		STAAR Mathematics (2025)		STAAR Science (2025)	STAAR Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR EOC Biology End of Course	STAAR EOC English I Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC English II Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC U.S. History End of Course	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Science 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Westwood High School	Public	9-12	1820 Panther Blvd	Palestine	75803	Anderson County	Westwood Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 729-1773	405	39	10.5	76.0%	190 (46.9%)	92 (22.7%)	97 (24.0%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.7%)	21	1596^th of 1974 public high schools	19.1%		32.6	1355^th of 1990 public high schools	31.9%	241	9.1	51.1	32.8	39.0	42.2							$10,669
Palestine High School	Public	9-12	1600 S Loop 256	Palestine	75801	Anderson County	Palestine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 731-8005	1,003	80	12.5	77.5%	275 (27.4%)	210 (20.9%)	458 (45.7%)	9 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (5.0%)	41.6	1119^th of 1974 public high schools	43.3%		48	985^th of 1990 public high schools	50.5%	134	48.4	51.4	47.2	57.2	54.0							$11,377
Elkhart High School	Public	9-12	9002 S State Hwy 19	Elkhart	75839	Anderson County	Elkhart Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 764-5161	305	32	9.4	44.9%	241 (79.0%)	10 (3.3%)	44 (14.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	76.2	288^th of 1974 public high schools	85.4%		68.3	474^th of 1990 public high schools	76.2%	186	67.8	70.4	73.4	78.2	80.9							$14,246
Oakwood High School	Public	7-12	631 N Holly St	Oakwood	75855	Leon County	Oakwood Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 545-2140	83	11	7.2	80.7%	52 (62.7%)	14 (16.9%)	12 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.0%)	29.9	1399^th of 1974 public high schools	29.1%		28.2	1441^st of 1990 public high schools	27.6%	42	4.8	58.8	38.9	46.2	60.0	18.8	31.3	31.3	9.1	26.7	13.3	$15,397
Slocum High School	Public	9-12	5765 E State Hwy 294	Elkhart	75839	Anderson County	Slocum Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 478-3624	86	11	7.5	40.7%	76 (88.4%)	1 (1.2%)	9 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62.5	614^th of 1974 public high schools	68.9%		88.3	94^th of 1990 public high schools	95.3%	520	29.2	82.6	62.5	100.0	66.7							$19,921
Neches High School	Public	7-12	1509 Acr 346	Palestine	75803	Anderson County	Neches Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 584-3443	142	15	9.5	40.1%	104 (73.2%)	12 (8.5%)	21 (14.8%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	88.3	87^th of 1974 public high schools	95.6%		76	294^th of 1990 public high schools	85.2%	207	95.5	90.9	72.7	87.5	88.9	72.0	83.3	55.0	96.4	83.3	25.0	$12,956
Cayuga High School	Public	9-12	17750 N Us Hwy 287	Tennessee Colony	75861	Anderson County	Cayuga Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 928-2294	190	20	9.4	41.6%	147 (77.4%)	9 (4.7%)	22 (11.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.8%)	68.2	468^th of 1974 public high schools	76.3%		74.8	317^th of 1990 public high schools	84.1%	151	64.6	77.3	76.6	73.6	58.8							$11,404

Frequently Asked Questions about Westwood High School

How many students attend Westwood High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 405 students attended Westwood High School.

Is Westwood High School a good school?

Westwood High School ranks in the bottom 19.1% of Texas high schools.

What district is Westwood High School in?

Westwood Independent School District (Isd)

What is the racial makeup of Westwood High School?

Students at Westwood High School are 47% White, 24% Hispanic, 23% African American, 5% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Westwood High School?

Westwood High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Westwood Elementary
Elementary : Westwood Pri
Middle : Westwood J H

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