Compare Westside High School with Eastwood Academy

Westside High School earned a State accountability rating of B (80-89) based on three domains: student achievement, school progress and closing the gaps. Scores are scaled from 0 to 100 to align with letter grades. The school scored 81 in student achievement, 84 in school progress and 78 in closing performance gaps. It scored 82 overall in post-secondary readiness, a broad term that refers to student preparedness to undertake multiple pathways after graduation, or specifically, their preparedness for college education.

On the other hand, Eastwood Academy performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 98 in student achievement, 96 in school progress, 88 in closing performance gaps and 95 overall in post-secondary readiness.

A distinction designation acknowledges districts and campuses for outstanding achievement based on the outcomes of several performance indicators. Distinction designations are awarded for achievement in several areas and are based on performance relative to a group of campuses of similar type, size, grade span, and student demographics.

Both schools garnered only five distinction designations or awards for outstanding performance. For Westside High School these are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and 25% closing performance gaps while Eastwood Academy secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Social Studies, post-secondary and with 25% student progress.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, Hispanics comprise the biggest group at Westside High School. They make up for 43.98% of student population, followed by African Americans (32.28%), Whites or Caucasians (14.94%), Asians (6.24%), Two or More Races (1.91%) and Native Americans (0.41%).

At Eastwood Academy, Hispanics make up 94.21% of student population, followed by Asians (2.52%), Whites or Caucasians (1.76%), African Americans (0.76%), Two or More Races (0.50%) and Native Americans (0.25%).

Based on household incomes, the Westside High School’s economically disadvantaged students is slightly lower at 64.31% compared to 70.78% at Eastwood Academy.

In terms of Limited English Proficiency (LEP), a term used in the United States that refers to a person who is not fluent in the English Language, mainly because it is not their native language, Westside High School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 14.98% of its student population compared to 8.06% at Eastwood Academy.

In addition, Westside High School has 14.23% bilingual students, 25.93% are in the gifted and talented program, while 6.31% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Eastwood Academy with 7.30% bilingual students, 49.87% gifted and talented students and 1.26% students in the special education program.

Westside High School's 156 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 8.8 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 12.3 years. Eastwood Academy's 22 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 9 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 12.7 years.

Of its teaching staff, Westside High School has seven teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 25 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 41 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 33 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 42 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including eight beginning teachers. Eastwood Academy has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has two teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, eight teachers have worked for 11-20 years, six teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while six teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher.

Westside High School has three special education teachers assisted by 10 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Eastwood Academy has zero special education teachers and 0 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.