WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL

WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL is one of the small 9-12 campuss in THORNWOOD, New York, overseen by MOUNT PLEASANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 566 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by MOUNT PLEASANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 1,941 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 16% Hispanic, 6% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

On the income-and-resources front, WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL shows 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.1%, the actual is 76.3%, a residual of +8.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Westchester County) logs that median household income runs about $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

Nearest neighbor: WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 68.2%.

WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 554 students in 2018 compared to 566 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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