| Established | 1957 |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Sean Bevan |
| Students | 818 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Location | Westwood, Massachusetts, USA |
| Colors | Green & White |
| Mascot | Wolverine* |
| Website | [1] |
Westwood High School, or WHS is a public four-year high school located in Westwood, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is fed by the E.W. Thurston Middle School, Westwood, Massachusetts. The school consistently ranks as one of top educating institutions in the state, ranking 5th among public schools and 134th nationally, according to Newsweek "America's Best High Schools". http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/features/2011/americas-best-high-schools.html. Retrieved Jun 19, 2011.
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Originally built in 1957, the old school was demolished in 2005 and a new was constructed at a cost of $45M. The gymnasium and swimming facility from the old school were refurbished and are now part of the new high school campus. The school facilities also include a new multi-use artificial turf field (named after former principal and teacher Charles Flahive) with a synthetic track, both of which are open to the public.
The part of the school that faces the street is not the front of the school, but rather the back. The front of the school faces the fields behind the school which overlook the wooded Lymans Pond.
The Westwood High School mascot is the wolverine, and its sports teams are known as the Westwood Wolverines. But the school signage and apparel depicts a bobcat, not a wolverine. The reason for this is unknown.
2007 student statistics
| 2007 student enrollment | 818 |
| 9th grade enrollment | 201 |
| 10th grade enrollment | 212 |
| 11th grade enrollment | 204 |
| 12th grade enrollment | 201 |
| Male students (%) | 47.4%, |
| Female students (%) | 52.6% |
| White students (%) | 90.5%, |
| African American students (%) | 3.3%, |
| Hispanic students (%) | 1.6%, |
| Asian students (%) | 4.4%, |
| Native American students (%) | 0.10%, |
| Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%) | 0.1%, |
2007 Teacher statistics
| Total number of Teachers | 59 |
| Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas | 54 |
| Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment | 100.0% |
| Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified | 96.3% |
| Student/Teacher Ratio | 13.9 |
2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics
| Number of Test Takers | 194 |
| Reading | 547.0 |
| Writing | 558.0 |
| Math | 576.0 |