Westlake High School

Westlake High School operates as a heavily attended secondary school in Atlanta, Georgia, overseen by Fulton County. Current enrollment sits at 2,056 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,120 students per school, that is 84% larger than typical.

Across the 107 schools in Fulton County (87,563 students total), Westlake High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Westlake High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%); the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Fulton County as a whole is about 43% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 114 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fulton County (around 62%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Westlake High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.1%; this one delivers 47.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household income runs about $95,292, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Fulton County runs 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), of which Westlake High School is one.

The closest other public school is Sandtown Middle School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Westlake High School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Westlake High School's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 2,164 (now 2,056).

On the community side, the feed for Westlake High School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.