Summary:
Westwood is home to a single public high school, Westwood High, located at 200 Nahatan Street and serving grades 9–12 with 837 students as part of the Westwood district, which ranks 13th of 351 Massachusetts districts (96th percentile, 5 stars).
With only one high school in the area, the useful comparisons are to the state and to the school's own history. Westwood High currently ranks 27th of 353 high schools statewide — 92nd percentile, 5 stars — after climbing from 47th of 348 and 4 stars in 2023–2024 and holding that higher level since. In 2025–2026, 79.9% of 10th graders were proficient in English Language Arts, 81.28% in Mathematics, 70.3% in Science, and 65.52% in Biology (End of Course). Each figure is roughly 28 to 38 percentage points above the state average and slightly above the district's own rates. Mathematics was the strongest subject, and both ELA and Math improved year over year even as state averages in those subjects slipped.
Outcomes are strong: a 98.6% graduation rate and a 1.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025, an 11:1 student-teacher ratio, and per-student spending of $19,514 (2020–2021). The clearest area to watch is 10th-grade Science, which declined 7.68 points from 77.98% to 70.3%, though it remains nearly 30 points above the state. Two caveats: the Biology results for the two years cover different populations (All Grades versus End of Course) and should not be compared directly, and free/reduced-price lunch information was not provided, so socioeconomic context is unknown.
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