Summary:
The Westwood Independent School District (Isd) in Texas has only one middle school, Westwood J H, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Texas middle schools, with a statewide ranking between 1,420 and 2,223 out of around 2,300-2,400 schools over the past few years.
Westwood J H's academic performance is significantly below the state average across all subjects and grade levels on the STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) tests. For example, in 2024-2025, the percentage of students proficient or better in Reading ranged from 29.55% (7th grade) to 35.78% (8th grade), compared to the state averages of 51.69% and 56.39%, respectively. The school's performance on the Algebra I end-of-course exam is also below the state average, with only 31.58% of students scoring proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 47.01%.
Despite the school's higher-than-average per-student spending of $13,545 for the 2020-2021 school year and a lower-than-average student-teacher ratio of 10.1, the academic performance at Westwood J H remains persistently low. The high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 82.18% in the 2023-2024 school year, suggests that the school faces significant socioeconomic challenges that may require a multifaceted approach to address both academic and socioeconomic factors in order to drive meaningful improvements in student outcomes.
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