Data Analysis: Westview High

School 2017
Shelby Nance and Ella McParlane
Westview Interns 2017-2018
 ● Westview Experience
● Location

Overview
● Students at Westview
○ Student Perceptions/Voices
● Demographics
● Staff at Westview
○ Staff
Perceptions/Voices/Demographics
● Advanced Classes
● Standardized Test Scores
● Graduation Rates
● UC/CSU Eligibility
● Life After Westview
● Data Evaluation
● Questions
Westview High School is located
in the northern region of San
Diego County in the Poway
Unified School District.
 Strengths:
Student ● lots of leadership opportunities
● lots of extracurricular choices
Perceptions ● strong sense of community
● celebrates diversity and various
cultures
● strong foundation for college
Areas of Growth:
● high pressure environment
● cyber-bullying is a problem
● teaching styles often cater to
advanced students
● high expectations
 Student Voices
⬜ “ I love Westview. I think it challenges me academically,
which I will be thankful for when I continue onto college”
-11th grade student (anonymous)

⬜ “Westview is an inclusive environment, and various

cultures are represented and celebrated”
-10th grade student (anonymous)

⬜ “Westview is so much harder than my last school, it’s

almost unfair”
-10th grade student (anonymous)

⬜ “I’ve learned so much here, and have made great

relationships with both peers and teachers on campus”
-12th grade student (anonymous)
Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of
Education)
 Demographics

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 Enrollment
by Gender
2017-2018
So what
do these
schools “look”
like? Female: 1146
Male: 1202
Total: 2348
Source: synergy
 White and Asian
Students are highest

Enrollment
represented
demographic on
campus

by Ethnicity
2017-2018

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

Languages
of ELL’s
2017

The ELL program at Westview is slightly different

compared to other schools. According to administration
many students test out of the program quickly. Students
tend to have a strong background in their first language
which helps them learn English at a much faster. Many of
the parents at Westview are also highly educated which
helps with this as well.

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

and school-ratings
Enrollment by
Ethnicity over
time White
students
have
Asian population decreased
has gradually
increased

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

 Enrollment by
Ethnicity:
A Comparative
Look

Westview compared to the district

and state has a much larger population
of Asian student as well as Filipino
students. They have a very small
percentage of African American
students PUSD and Westview
specifically have a very small
percentage of Hispanic/Latino
students compared to state
enrollment

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

 Staff at Westview
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 Staff voices

“ I have loved working here at Westview. The students are brilliant, and so eager to learn. I love coming
to work everyday.”

“I learn more from my own students”

“Westview is an inclusive environment, with a lot of community involvement.”

“I wish students would enjoy their high school experience more and not be so stressed out by
academics all of the time.”
Staff Strengths:
● High amount of resources

Perceptions
● Strong parental involvement
● High academic standards for all students that
challenges them to be critical thinkers
● Staff take on multiple roles and are very involved in
the school

Areas of Growth:
● not enough support for EL students
● not enough support for students struggling
(especially in the math department)
● too much academic pressure
● no clear cut policies for all teachers regarding rules
and behavior
● professionalism (specifically communication)
 Staff
Demographics
Most of the staff are
white despite the fact that
less than half of the
students are white

Student
Enrollment

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

 Westview

Staff ethnic
breakdown
compared to
Poway Unified

district

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of

 Torrey Pines High School Westview High School

School
● not receiving title I ● not receiving title I
funds funds
● API: 895 (2013) ● API: 869 (2013)

Comparison ●
●
85% AP test pass rate
100% college
attendance rate
●
●
90% AP test pass rate
94% college
attendance rate
○ 90%- 4-year ○ 70%-4-year
college college
○ 10%-community ○ 24%- community
college collge
● 71% UC/CSU eligible ● 79% UC/CSU eligible
● Enrollment: 2,602 ● enrollment: 2,304
● free and reduced lunch: ● free and reduced lunch:
6.4% 12.8%
● ELL: 5% ● ELL: 3.3%
● SPED: 10% ● SPED: 9.5%
According to US News:

Westview is ranked 38 in the State

Torrey Pines is ranked 51 in the state

This is based off of college readiness, English and Math

Source: Westview School Profile and
Proficiency, and AP test scores
U.S. News, Torrey Pines School Profile
 Advanced Classes
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 Enrollment by

Advanced
gender in AP
courses is relatively

Class
equal at WVHS

Enrollment (M=611) (F=603)

By Gender

Source: Synergy
AP
Enrollment
By Ethnicity

White students enrolled in AP courses is the

Highest represented, following with the Asian
population. These are the two most highly
represented groups on campus

Source: Synergy
 Higher

Advanced Math
representation of
males in all advanced
math classes
Enrollment by
Gender

Source: Synergy (2017)

 The gap between
male and female
enrollment in
advanced math has

Enrollment in
decreased over time

Advanced Math by
Gender Over time
2015 2016 2017

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

 Enrollment in
Advanced math by
Ethnicity over time

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of

Education)
Advanced Math
Enrollment by
Ethnicity

Notice the gap of

enrollment of Latino
students to
enrollment in AP
math

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of

Education)
Chemistry
Enrollment by
Gender and
Ethnicity

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of

Education)
Enrollment in
chemistry by
gender over
time
males Female enrollment in
Chemistry has
declined from 110 to
females 95

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of

Education)
Girls in AP
Computer Girls only account for
22% of those enrolled in
AP computer science!!!

Science

Source: Synergy
Robotics
Enrollment
by Gender

# of students
enrolled
Males: 56
Females: 18

Source: Synergy
AP Science
Enrollment
by Gender

At Westview AP Science has one of the largest

discrepancies of enrollment between gender

Source: Synergy
 AP Science
Enrollment by
The only science class with a
higher representation of females
than males
Gender

Significantly lower
enrollment of
females in AP Physics
classes

1. AP Bio 7. AP Physics 2
2. AP Chem 8. AP Physics B
3. AP Environmental
4. AP Physics C: E&M
Source: Synergy 5. AP Physics: Mechanical
6. AP Physics 1
AP Scores:
Over time

# of test takers over time

A majority of students are performing well on their AP

tests, and a majority of them are scoring 5’s. However
we do notice a steady decrease in the amount of people
taking the tests

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

Standardized Test Scores
 Students
taking SAT
Over time

Students taking the SAT has

slowly been decreasing over
time

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

SAT Scores
Over time

Since 2013 test SAT scores have decreased

in all subject areas, however so has the
amount of test takers.

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

SAT Scores
Comparative
Look

Comparatively Westview has very high SAT

scores, especially in the math subject area.
Westview is the highest performing school
within the district when looking at SAT
scores.
Students
taking ACT
Over time

● While the number of people taking the SAT has

decreased, the number of people taking the ACT has
increased.
● Through informal conversations with students, we have
noticed more students opt to take the ACT rather
than the SAT

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of

Education)
ACT Scores
Over time

Overall test scores for the ACT have

remained fairly consistent over time, with no
significant changes.

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

ACT Scores
Comparative
Look

In all subject areas Westview

outperforms both the district,
county, and state on the ACT.

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of

Education)
 ● both Asian and White students perform the
Smarter Balance Assessment- % of best in each subject area year to year
Hispanic and Filipino population scored
students who met and exceeded
●
drastically better in ELA compared to Math
both years (indicated in red)
 Why is Westview Scoring so
High on State Tests?
❏ Students come into highschool with a strong foundation in
both math and English
❏ Many families pay for outside test preparation and tutoring
for students
❏ Teachers hold students to high expectations and standards
❏ College going culture is strong throughout campus
❏ Most students come from families where a parent attended
college, which is a resources students can use when
preparing for exams and doing well academically as a
whole.
Graduation Rates
Graduation
rates over
time
Motivational
text?
Alumni?
Graduation rates among Westview students
Stats? have remained fairly consistent, and are almost
100% yearly.
SJ Issues?

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of

Education)
Graduation
Rates by
Ethnicity:

Notice graduation rates for every

ethnic group of students is over 90%

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

Graduation
Rates by
Ethnicity
over time
Notice that African
American students and
Hispanic/Latino graduation
rates have been decreasing
from 2013-2016, however
their enrollment in the
school has remained fairly
consistent within the same
time span of 2013-2016.

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

UC/CSU Eligibility
 Seniors
Graduating
UC/CSU
Eligible
over time Notice how Westview students are graduating
UC/CSU eligible at much higher rates. Almost more
than double the state average yearly.

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

 Seniors More females are
graduating

graduation
compared to males,
however it is very
similar

UC/CSU
percentages.

Eligible by
Gender

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

 Seniors Asian students
graduated with the
highest CSU/UC

Graduating
eligibility, as the 2nd
highest demographic
represented at
WVHS.

UC/CSU
Eligible by
Ethnicity

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

 Seniors
Graduating
UC/CSU
Eligible by
Ethnicity
over time
Notice seniors graduating UC/CSU eligible for Pacific
Islander and Hispanic/Latino students has decreased over
time while the enrollment for these groups has remained
fairly constant.

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

 Seniors
graduating
UC/CSU
eligible by
Ethnicity
Comparative
Notice how student in all ethnic groups at Westview are
outperforming the district for UC/CSU eligibility, except for Pacific
Islanders.

Look
The percentage of Pacific Islander students at Westview is
greater than that of the district. However, Pacific Islander
students are graduating UC/CSU eligible at a lower level at
Westview compared to the district

Source: DataQuest (CA Dept of Education)

Life After Westview
 Why such a high college going rate?
College Attendance 2017 ● 4 by 4 schedule, so students

24%
can take more classes
● Open access to AP and Honors
% of graduates to 2 year colleges = ●
classes
Peer tutoring by students

% of graduates to 4 year colleges = 70%

(free of charge)
● Counselors deliver classroom
presentation to seniors about
the application process
● 122 attended a CSU throughout the year
● 115 attended a UC ● Starting in 9th grade students
● 73 attended a private school in CA start taking career inventories
116 attended an out of state school
to make goals
●

94%
● College Labs available during
college application season,
% of graduates going to college= where students get help by
their counselor
● College representatives come
throughout college application
season
● Teachers and parents hold
students to high standards, as
well as peers.
Source: Westview School Profile
 Colleges Student Attended 2017
CSU’s UC’s Out of State Schools (3 or
● CSU Chico ● UC Berkeley more enrolled)
● CSU Fresno ● UC Los Angeles ● Arizona State University
● CSU Bakersfield ● UC Irvine ● Brigham Young University
● CSU Fullerton ● UC Davis ● Brown University
● CSU Long Beach ● UC Riverside ● Colorado State University
● CSU LA ● UC San Diego ● Northern Arizona
● CSU Northridge ● UC Santa barbara University
● CSU San Marcos ● UC Santa Cruz ● Gonzaga University
● San Diego State ● Northeastern University
University Private Schools in CA ● Oregon State University
● San Jose State (more than 3 enrolled) ● University of Arizona
University ● California Lutheran ● University of Colorado at
● Sonoma State University University Boulder
● Cal Poly San Luis Obispo ● Chapman University ● University of Oregon
● Loyola Marymount ● University of Texas, Austin
University ● University of Utah
Community Colleges
● Point Loma Nazarene ● Washington State
● San Diego Miramar College
● University of San University
● Mira Costa College
Diego ● University of Washington
● Palomar College
● University of ●
● San Diego Mesa College
Southern California

Source: Westview School Profile

Data Evaluation
 Equal enrollment by gender in AP courses as a

Areas of
●
whole
● Over time, the gap between female and male

Strength
enrollment in advanced math has decreased
● Compared to many schools, Westview’s distribution
of girls in robotics and AP computer science is
pretty high
● Most students are performing high on AP exams
● High SAT and ACT scores compared to other schools
● High graduation rates for every ethnic group
● Seniors graduating UC/CSU eligible is almost
double the state average each year
● Westview’s UC/CSU eligibility is higher than the
state average for every ethnicity
● 94% of students attend college
○ 70% attend four-year universities
○ 24% attend two-year colleges
 ● Increase enrollment in AP courses for all students
other than Asian and White
● Enrollment of Latinx students in advanced math is not
representative of the schoolwide Latinx population

Areas of
● Female enrollment in Robotics and AP Computer
Science remains low compared to males
Large discrepancies between males and females

Need
●
enrolled in AP sciences courses which is most notable
in AP Physics courses
● Filipino and Latino students are scoring low,
especially in math
● Graduation rates of African American and Filipino
students have declined
● Increase UC/CSU eligibility among Pacific Islander
and Hispanic/Latino students
How are we Schoolwide

currently
● Academic Success courses for students
who are struggling

supporting
● Westview Climate and Engagement
Survey

students
● ASB supports safe, supportive, and
inclusive environment
● Link Crew mentorship
● Homeroom for school
connectedness/wellness
● What I Wish My Parents Knew
● ENS courses for wellness
● TOSA for non-academic and academic
interventions
 Counselors
How are we currently ● Peer Counseling
● Grade Check-ins with D/F students
supporting students ○ support 9th grade students
● small groups
○ grief/loss
○ stress management
○ study skills
● core curriculum lessons
○ A-G requirements
○ college/career inventories
○ college applications
○ financial aid
○ homeroom visits by grade level
○ alternate routes for post-secondary
education
 ● Share data with administration,
teachers, and other staff to make them
aware of gaps that exist
Recommendations ● Share data to celebrate how they are
supporting students in such great ways
● Advertise AP science courses to female
students through promoting Women in
Computer Science club and other
female empowerment groups
● Create a needs assessment for students
in the gaps that we found in the data to
determine appropriate interventions
 Questions?
Thank You & Go Wolverines!