West Park High

As a roomy 9-12 campus in Roseville, California, West Park High works with 2,079 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Roseville Joint Union High. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 148% larger than typical.

Within Roseville Joint Union High, which oversees 8 schools and 10,989 students, West Park High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Park High logs that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, West Park High has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.5:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at West Park High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, West Park High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.6%, the actual is 54.4%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Placer County shows the typical household earns roughly $115,998 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. West Park High is one of 123 public schools in Placer County (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students).

Nearest neighbor: Barbara Chilton Middle, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Park High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for West Park High typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.