Westwood High School (Austin, Texas)

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Westwood High School
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Location
Westwood High School (Austin, Texas)
12400 Mellow Meadow Drive

Austin
,
Texas
78750

United States
Coordinates 30°27′20″N97°47′51″W / 30.4556°N 97.7976°W / 30.4556; -97.7976
Information
Type High School
Established1981
School district Round Rock Independent School District
PrincipalErin Campbell
Teaching staff164.47 FTE) [1]
Grades9 - 12
Enrollment2,792 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.98 [1]
Colors   Burnt orange & White
MascotWarriors
Website westwood.roundrockisd.org
[2]

Westwood High School (abbreviated WHS or WWHS) is a public, four-year secondary school in the Anderson Mill neighborhood, Austin, Texas, United States, and is part of the Round Rock Independent School District.

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Westwood offers honors and Advanced Placement courses to all students and further houses a district level International Baccalaureate magnet program. This combination of honors, AP and IB courses supports not only a robust college matriculation rate but also imparts a college preparatory element to upper division courses. As of the 2023–2024 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,792 students and 164 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 17. [1]

Demographics

During the 2023–24 school year of the 2,792 students enrolled 38.8% were Asian, 33.9% were White, 18.9% were Hispanic, 5.3% were multiracial, 2.7% were Black, 0.4% were Native Americans and 0.1% were Pacific Islanders.

Additionally, 11% of the students were eligible for free or reduce-price lunches. [1]

Academics

As of the 2025-2026 school year, Westwood offers 31 AP classes and 36 IB courses. [3] In 2020, Westwood announced 78 National Merit Semifinalists [4] ; in 2021, 44 Semifinalists [5] ; in 2022, 68 Semifinalists [6] ; in 2023, 45 Semifinalists [7] ; in 2024, 52 Semifinalists [8] ; and in 2025, 63 Semifinalists [9] .

Clubs and organizations

Chess Club

In 2009 Westwood traveled to the National Scholastic K-12 Championship, where the 10th grade team won first and the 12th grade team tied for first; the 9th and 11th grade teams placed third and fourth in their sections respectively. [10]

Westwood High School Robotics Club

Westwood High School Robotics Club has demonstrated exceptional leadership and success in the Central Texas robotics community. The club annually hosts the GEMS League for the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), welcoming an average of 24 teams from across the region. [11]

Westwood Robotics competes in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) as team number 2583. [12] The FRC team qualified for the Texas State Championship in 2025 [13] and was crowned NTX/STEM Gals Off-Season Champion earlier in the school year in partnership with McNeil High School's FRC team. [14]

Westwood’s FTC Team Tomahawk qualified for the World Championship, and FTC Team Slingshot advanced to the UIL State Championship, finishing as a Second Place Alliance in the final round. [15]

The robotics club actively hosts an annual Summer RoboCamp for elementary and middle school students from across Central Texas to encourage STEM education. [16]

Feeder Patterns

Two middle schools feed into this school: [17]

Six elementary schools feed into this school: [17]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "WESTWOOD H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Westwood H S". ed.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ Westwood Course Selection Sheet
  4. ↑ Nemawarkar, Ruhee. "National Merit Semifinalists Recognized for Achievements". Westwood Horizon. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  5. ↑ Agarwal, Amoli. "National Merit Semifinalists Announced". Westwood Horizon. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  6. ↑ Kim, Sabrina. "68 National Merit Semifinalists Announced". Westwood Horizon. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ Fuller, Sydney. "National Merit Semifinalists Celebrated for Scholarly Success". Westwood Horizon. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  8. ↑ Kondubhatla, Shivani. "52 Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists". Westwood Horizon. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  9. ↑ Kale, Aarya. "63 National Merit Semifinalists Commended for Academic Achievement". Westwood Horizon. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  10. ↑ ""2009 National Scholastic K-12 Championship Results"
  11. ↑ "FiT-Central GEMS League". ftc-events.firstinspires.org.
  12. ↑ "Team 2583 Orange Dynamite". FIRST Robotics Competition . Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  13. ↑ "FIRST In Texas District Championship (Qualifying Championship) Event Information". firstinspires.org. May 21, 2015.
  14. ↑ Rajesh, Avi (October 4, 2024). "Robotics FRC Team Orange Dynamite Crowned Champions at NTX Tournament of Robots". the Horizon. Westwood High School.
  15. ↑ "Event Information FIRST in Texas UIL State Championship Division 6A". ftc-events.firstinspires.org.
  16. ↑ "RoboCamp".
  17. 1 2 School Tracking Chart, Round Rock ISD. Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ Gross, Joe. "Austin-raised actor Glen Powell talks 'The Expendables 3'". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Clevlen sees old friend at park". MLB.com. May 15, 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2014.[ dead link ]
  20. ↑ Cantu, Rick (May 6, 2014). "Bratcher, Westwood's only baseball coach, retires after 33 seasons". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  21. ↑ Hoch, Bryan (February 27, 2014). "Johnson: Teaming with Jeter is amazing". MLB.com. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  22. ↑ Blackstock, Peter. "SXSW adds Austin-raised songwriter Savan Kotecha as a featured speaker". Austin360. Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Savan Kotecha Scholarships". Westwood High School Choirs. Westwood High School. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  24. ↑ Gallaga, Omar L. "Gender-neutral app from Austin native due out this week". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  25. ↑ Luddington, Camilla [@camilluddington] (July 27, 2013). "lived in Austin when I was 14 for a yr. Travis county.westwood High school" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 10, 2018 – via Twitter.
  26. ↑ Shapiro, Sean (May 6, 2013). "Vera set for bout with Chavez Jr. in August". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  27. ↑ Schkloven, Emma (December 2021). "The Real Story Behind Matt Mackowiak and Save Austin Now". Austin Monthly. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
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