Summary
Westwood High is a 54-student, grades 9–12 school in Westwood, California, a small community served by Westwood Unified. Its most urgent concern is graduation: in 2024–25, 46% of students graduated and 54% dropped out, compared with 88% and 8%, respectively, statewide. The graduation rate had been 82% in each of the prior two reported years, making the latest result the most important issue for families to investigate.
Mathematics is the school’s weakest current subject, while ELA is a relative bright spot but still trails nearby and statewide results. In 2025–26, 0% of students were proficient in math, versus 38% statewide and 21% in the district; ELA proficiency was 21%, versus 49% statewide and 24% in the district. In a same-grade comparison, Westwood 11th graders were also behind Chester Junior/Senior High: 21% versus 77% in ELA and 0% versus 38% in math. Science was another concern in its latest reported year, 2024–25, when 8% were proficient at Westwood compared with 33% statewide. Chronic absenteeism was 33% in 2025–26, higher than the state’s 18% but below the district’s 40%.
Results have weakened over time: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, ELA proficiency fell 27 percentage points and math fell 20 points, while Westwood’s SchoolDigger statewide percentile dropped from 72 to 14. In 2025–26, SchoolDigger ranked the school 1,843rd of 2,137, at the 14th percentile with one star; Chester Junior/Senior High ranked 621st, at the 71st percentile with four stars. The districts also differ in SchoolDigger’s rankings: Westwood Unified was at the 4th percentile with zero stars, compared with Plumas Unified at the 44th percentile with two stars. Westwood’s 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 10.8, close to Chester’s 10.1; 72% of Westwood students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, compared with 37% at Chester. Enrollment is small, and Chester serves grades 7–12 rather than 9–12, so year-to-year percentages may vary and all-grades comparisons are less direct.
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