Summary:
Westwood is a six-school district serving about 2,798 students from elementary through high school: four elementary schools (1,297 students, roughly 46% of enrollment), one middle school (E W Thurston Middle, 664 students) and one high school (Westwood High, 837 students). The district is ranked 13th of 351 Massachusetts districts, at the 96th percentile with 5 stars, and every school listed currently earns a 5-star rating.
The elementary tier is where Westwood shines brightest. Downey ranks 1st of 899 elementary schools statewide at the 100th percentile, with 79.72 ELA, 87.41 math and 86.96 science — the best math and science in the district and 91.11% proficient in 4th-grade math. Martha Jones ranks 7th of 899, with the district's top ELA score at 82.39 plus 78.87 math and 82.46 science. William E Sheehan ranks 36th of 899 but has slipped from 4th in each of the two prior years, with science falling from 88.64 to 73.08. Pine Hill Elementary School, the largest elementary at 473 students, ranks 81st of 899 and has the lowest elementary ELA and math (63.68 and 65.96) but above-district science (78.95).
E W Thurston Middle ranks 41st of 478 middle schools, with 70.06 ELA, 72.58 math and 68.52 science. Westwood High ranks 27th of 353 high schools, with a 98.6% graduation rate and 1.0% dropout rate; 10th-grade scores are 79.9 ELA, 81.28 math and 70.3 science, with Biology at 65.52. Even the lowest district scores far exceed state figures (40.03 ELA, 41.11 math, 40.98 science). Student-teacher ratios run from 11.0 to 14.1. Note that spending figures are from 2020–2021 and missing for Pine Hill, and free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable for all schools.
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