The School Site Council helps develop and monitor Westwood's School Based Coordinated Program. It is also responsible for approving the school improvement budget. The district coordinates a varied staff development program for teachers and administrators based on assessed needs and state mandates. The STAR Program utilizes the Stanford 9 Test. This is a basic skills battery which allows for comparison of our students to others across the country.
Scores are in national percentile ranks.
A score of 60 means that a student performed as well as or better than 60 out of 100 students in the national sample. Scores reported here are for the school for each sub-test. The district estimates that less than 1 percent of its attendance revenue came from students who did not attend a full day because of unexcused absences. The annual number of instructional minutes for the current school year meets or exceeds the state minimum requirement at all grade levels. 376 Capacity of the school is 465 students.