Summary:
The Westwood Unified school district in California serves a small number of students across two schools: Fletcher Walker Elementary and Westwood High. While Westwood High shows some academic strengths, both schools face significant challenges, including low student enrollment, poor academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and serving a high-need student population.
Fletcher Walker Elementary consistently underperforms the state and district averages in English Language Arts, Math, and Science proficiency across all grade levels. The school has a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 40.2% and a large majority (79.78%) of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-need student population. In contrast, Westwood High performs better than the district average in 11th-grade English Language Arts, but still lags behind the state average. The high school also struggles with low Math proficiency and a high dropout rate of 18.2%.
Overall, the data highlights the need for targeted interventions and support at both the elementary and high school levels within the Westwood Unified school district to address the academic and attendance challenges faced by these schools. Addressing the socioeconomic needs of the student population may also be crucial in supporting student success.
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