| Westmont High School | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Where Choices Become Opportunities |
| Established | 1972 (building 1976) |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Steven Carr |
| Students | 568 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 909 N. Oakwood Dr. Westmont, Illinois, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Burgundy Gold |
| Mascot | Sentinels |
| Website | www.cusd201.org/srhigh |
Westmont High School, or WHS, is a public four-year high school located in Westmont, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Westmont Community Unit School District 201. The student population of 500-600 students and building size are much smaller than adjacent public high schools such as Downers Grove North and Hinsdale Central.
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The school was created as part of the newly formed CUSD 201 in Westmont in 1972, and first opened for education in September 1974.
The community approved building the new high school in 1973, and the current Westmont High School building opened in October 1976. The school mascot, the Sentinel, is a sentry, or guard wearing a uniform of the school colors, maroon and gold. The name is also word play from "Centennial," since the building was not opened until October of 1976, the year of the United States Bicentennial.
The school's original architecture was unique: the building was circular, and class areas were divided by movable partitions, an attempt to make the school easily adaptable to changing needs. More recently, some classrooms have been reconstructed with permanent walls and closing doors. Westmont High School has no windows in its classrooms, and the adaptable rooms do not have walls. Sound echoes very well throughout the building, so the faculty has great control of the student body.
Westmont High School is part of the Community Unit School District 201.
In 2010, Westmont High School enrolled 573 students, 75.9% of whom were White, 9% of whom were Black, 8.8% of whom were Hispanic, and 3.7% were Asian/Pacific Islander. Low-income students comprised 29.3% of the student body; 2.4% had limited English proficiency. The drop-out rate was 0.4% and the chronic truancy rate was 0.2%, which are both slightly better than the state average. The attendance rate was 91.9%.[1]
In 2010, Westmont had an average composite ACT score of 21.4, and graduated 89.9% of its senior class. The average class size is 22.5. Westmont has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.[1]
In 2007, Westmont High School did not make Adequate Yearly Progress over all, although it did do so in reading.[1]
Westmont competes in the Interstate Eight Conference and Illinois High School Association[2]. Its mascot is the Sentinel.