Westview High School (Portland, Oregon)

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Westview High School
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Address
Westview High School (Portland, Oregon)
4200 NW 185th Avenue,

Portland
,
Oregon
97229

United States
Coordinates 45°33′0″N122°51′54″W / 45.55000°N 122.86500°W / 45.55000; -122.86500
Information
Type Public
Opened1994
School district Beaverton School District
PrincipalMatthew Pedersen [1]
Teaching staff106.77 (FTE) [2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,413 (2023-2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio22.60 [2]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Navy, Red, and Silver     [1]
Nickname Wildcats [1]
Rival Sunset High School
NewspaperThe View
Feeder schoolsFive Oaks Middle School,
Stoller Middle School
Website westview.beaverton.k12.or.us

Westview High School (WHS) is a public high school in an unincorporated area of the Portland metropolitan area. It is the largest high school in the Beaverton School District and the third largest high school in the state. [3]

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Academics

In 2014, the average SAT score among Westview students was 1708, compared to the Oregon state average of 1544. [4] The average ACT score among 552 students at Westview was 22.4, compared to the 21.4 state average.[ citation needed ]

Of the class of 2014, which consisted of 571 students, 65% attended a four-year college, while 15% attended a two-year college. [4]

Extracurricular activities

In the 2021-22 school year, 66% of students reported being involved in at least one extracurricular activity. [5]

Academic competitions

Westview is home to several competitive academic teams, namely Science Bowl and History Bowl. The former group has earned two straight regional championships in 2016 and 2017 in the Bonneville Power Administration Regional Science Bowl, the largest tournament of its kind in the nation. Westview's Science Bowl team has appeared at the national competition for National Science Bowl in four consecutive years, [6] placing second in their division at the national competition in 2017.

Westview's History Bowl program has also placed on the national level on multiple occasions. The team has twice been the national champion of History Bowl, in 2014 and again in 2017. [7]

Individual Westview students have also had success in science fairs with many students both qualifying to and winning awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair, Regeneron ISEF (formerly Intel ISEF). [8]

Athletics

Westview High School athletic teams compete in the OSAA 6A-2 Metro League along with other high schools in the Portland Metro area. [1]

State Championships [9]

(†=Tied with one or more schools)

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Westview". www.osaa.org. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Westview High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ "2021 Largest Public High Schools in Oregon". Niche. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Westview High School Profile" (PDF). Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Oregon At-A-Glance School Profile: Westview High School". Oregon Department of Education. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Westview High School of Beaverton wins 26th annual BPA Regional Science Bowl". Archived from the original on February 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Past Champions - National History Bee and Bowl".
  8. ↑ "ISEF Abstract Search Utility". Society for Science and the Public. Society for Science and the Public.
  9. ↑ "Records & Archives".
  10. ↑ "Darrius Clemons, 2022 Westview wide receiver, runs 4.37 laser-timed 40-yard dash at MVP Combine". The Oregonian. July 18, 2020.
  11. ↑ Trevor Crowe Statistics and History. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved on October 11, 2015.
  12. ↑ Erik Hurtado Player Profile – ESPN FC. Espnfc.us. Retrieved on October 11, 2015.
  13. ↑ https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23923-karmel-kwiz.html . Willamette Week. Retrieved on October 5, 2018.
  14. ↑ Carson Kelly. Milb.com. Retrieved on March 20, 2017.
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