West High

Located at 30 Ash St, in Madison, Wisconsin, West High is a high-enrollment high school that hosts 2,222 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Madison Metropolitan School District. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 368% bigger than typical.

Madison Metropolitan School District comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 25,155 students; West High is among them.

On demographics, West High records that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 137 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting West High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, West High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 56.6%; this one comes in at 42.0%, -14.6 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Dane County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,975, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. West High is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

The closest other public school is Randall Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 66.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. West High's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 2,232 (now 2,222). Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 25% across the same window.

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