Westlake High School

Westlake High School is one of the well-populated four-year high schools in Westlake, Ohio, operated by Westlake City, with 989 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Westlake High School sits 75% bigger than that benchmark.

Westlake City runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 3,176 students. Westlake High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Westlake High School records that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder comes out to 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Westlake High School logs 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at Westlake High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Westlake High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 80.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.4%.

In the surrounding community, Cuyahoga County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Cuyahoga County runs 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), of which Westlake High School is one.

Dover Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westlake High School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 86.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Westlake High School's enrollment has shrank 17% since 2018, when it stood at 1,198 (now 989). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 77%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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