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What's something Westlake High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,216
High
DISTRICT 1,348 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027000144
Westlake High School
3300 Middletown Rd, Waldorf, MD 20603 · (301) 645-8857 · Charles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,216 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Maryland public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
622 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 333 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 286 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 288 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 309 | 25% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
46.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.4% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 10.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Westlake High School
Westlake High School's state test result (26.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake High School this school | 1,216 | 51.2% | 26.6% |
| Gwynn Park High Brandywine | 1,147 | 47.7% | 24.4% |
| St. Charles High School Waldorf | 1,617 | 50.3% | 26.0% |
| Baltimore City College Baltimore | 1,470 | 52.1% | 51.3% |
| Frederick Douglass High Upper Marlboro | 1,183 | 44.7% | 37.2% |
| Thomas Stone High School Waldorf | 1,230 | 56.4% | 23.3% |
Matched among Maryland high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Westlake High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #150 of 203 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #164 of 206 ▼ 11 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #144 of 206 ▲ 7 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,216 | #112 of 234 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #108 of 210 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #141 of 211 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #105 of 212 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #128 of 131 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,216
+77 (+7%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 1,597
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,216 | 74 | 16.4:1 | 51% (622) |
| 2023-24 | 1,185 | 69.5 | 17.1:1 | 47% (556) |
| 2022-23 | 1,229 | 66 | 18.6:1 | 44% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 1,139 | 76 | 15.0:1 | 37% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 1,210 | 73 | 16.6:1 | 22% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 1,116 | 82 | 13.6:1 | 28% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 1,495 | 84 | 17.8:1 | 26% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 1,597 | 88 | 18.1:1 | 8% (134) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westlake High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,210 to 1,216); teachers up 1% (73 to 74).
About Westlake High School
Westlake High School is a medium-sized high school for students in Waldorf, Maryland. The school serves 1,216 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
Charles County Public Schools includes 38 schools. Together they enroll 28,162 students.
At Westlake High School, Black students make up 73% of the student body. The school is also 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% White. That is higher than the 49% Black share among all Charles County residents. Westlake High School's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 16.4:1 comes from the school's 74 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland. The school's lunch program data list 51% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 50% average for public schools in Charles County.
Westlake High School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 8% of Maryland public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Westlake High School is 44.0%. It actually posts 26.6%, which is 17.3 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
Among Charles County residents, the median household income is $122,816, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Westlake High School, Charles County has 39 other public schools.
Nearby, Billingsley Elementary School is about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Westlake High School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 26.6% versus a 38.5% average.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 1,216 students in 2024-25, 77 more than the 1,139 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.4:1.
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Charles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
170,527
Census ACS
Median income
$122,816
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
28,162 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charles County Public Schools
- North Point High SchoolHigh · 1,960 students
- St. Charles High SchoolHigh · 1,617 students
- Thomas Stone High SchoolHigh · 1,230 students
- La Plata High SchoolHigh · 1,217 students
- Maurice J. McDonough High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
- Henry E. Lackey High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
Other schools in Waldorf
- North Point High SchoolHigh · 1,960 students
- St. Charles High SchoolHigh · 1,617 students
- Thomas Stone High SchoolHigh · 1,230 students
- Theodore G. Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle SchoolMiddle · 920 students
- William A. Diggs Elementary SchoolElementary · 876 students
Other Westlake High schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Westlake High. Westlake High School is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Westlake HighSARATOGA SPRINGS, UT · 3,052 students
- Westlake High SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 2,854 students
- Westlake High SchoolAtlanta, GA · 2,056 students
- Westlake HighWestlake Village, CA · 1,900 students
- Westlake High SchoolWestlake, OH · 989 students
Nearby schools
- Billingsley Elementary School1.0 mi · 687
- William B. Wade Elementary School1.1 mi · 651
- William A. Diggs Elementary School1.2 mi · 876
- North Point High School1.4 mi · 1,960
- C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School1.6 mi · 598
- Theodore G. Davis Middle School1.6 mi · 999
Frequently asked questions
About Westlake High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Westlake High School?
Westlake High School enrolls approximately 1,216 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Westlake High School serve?
Westlake High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Westlake High School have?
Westlake High School employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Westlake High School?
Westlake High School reports a student body of 3% White, 12% Hispanic, 73% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Westlake High School in?
Westlake High School is part of Charles County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.