Westwood High

Westwood High is one of the micro-enrollment four-year high schools in Westwood, California, run under Westwood Unified, with 54 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Westwood High sits 94% smaller than that benchmark.

Westwood Unified runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 182 students. Westwood High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Westwood High records that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 9% Native American, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at Westwood High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lassen County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Westwood High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.2%; this one comes in at 18.2%, -19.0 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Lassen County reports that median household income runs about $67,403, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Lassen County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,757 students), Westwood High is one campus in the mix.

Fletcher Walker Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westwood High at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 31.0%.

Westwood High operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 39%: 88 students in 2018 compared to 54 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 69% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.