Westwood High

As a modestly sized secondary school in Memphis, Tennessee, Westwood High enrolls 361 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 754 students each, so Westwood High sits 52% below that benchmark.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools comprises 211 schools with combined enrollment of 111,979 students; Westwood High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westwood High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%). The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Shelby County) logs that median household income runs about $63,767, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which Westwood High is one.

Freedom Prep Elementary - Parkrose is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westwood High has remained close to its prior level, going from 363 students in 2018 to 361 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.