Westmoor High

Set in Daly City, California, Westmoor High is a high-enrollment four-year high school, one of the schools within Jefferson Union High. It enrolls 1,278 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 53% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Westmoor High is one of 5 schools operated by Jefferson Union High, a district that serves 3,650 students overall.

On demographics, Westmoor High lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Asian. The remainder comes out to 29% Hispanic, 7% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, San Mateo County as a whole is about 31% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Westmoor High shows 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Westmoor High higher than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Westmoor High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.2%, the actual is 50.3%, a residual of -4.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Mateo County put median household earnings sit near $158,855, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westmoor High is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westmoor High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westmoor High has contracted 19%, going from 1,579 students in 2018 to 1,278 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged down from 67% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.