Westfield High School (New Jersey)
Westfield Senior High School, or simply, Westfield High School (abbreviated as WHS) is the only public high school located in Westfield, in Union County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Westfield Public Schools. It was established in the early 1900s at its original location on Elm Street until 1951 when it was moved to its current location on Dorian Road. The new wing designated for Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and other sciences, along with English as a Second Language was completed in 2003. Westfield High School is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Education and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928. The school publishes New Jersey's only weekly uncensored student newspaper, one of the few uncensored school publications in the entire country.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,839 students and 110.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.60:1. The ethnic breakdown of the school was 86.3% Caucasian, 3.7% Black, 3.6% Hispanic, and 6.4% Asian or Pacific Islanders. There were 28 students (1.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 17 (0.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The average SAT scores 597 in Mathematics, 569 Verbal and 580 Essay, with 88% of the class of 2010 taking the exam. 93.7% of the graduating class of 2010 planned to go on to receive a more advanced education, with 84.8% at four-year colleges and 7.2% at two-year colleges.
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