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Enrollment
566
High
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT PLEASANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362016001849
WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL
825 WESTLAKE DR, THORNWOOD, NY 10594 · (914) 769-8311 · Westchester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
106 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MOUNT PLEASANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
91.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
566
+12 (+2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 11.8:1
% White
76%
was 84%
% Hispanic
16%
was 11%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
6%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MOUNT PLEASANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 481 students
- WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 477 students
- HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
Other schools in THORNWOOD
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 481 students
- WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 477 students
Nearby schools
- WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 477
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 481
- LINDEN HILL HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 66
- CEDAR KNOLLS ACADEMY1.1 mi · 61
- EDENWALD SCHOOL1.1 mi · 86
- MOUNT PLEASANT-COTTAGE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 122
Frequently asked questions
About WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL?
WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 566 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 9.8:1 (58 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL?
WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 76% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MOUNT PLEASANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.