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- Where graduates go: #6 feeder school to Rice; top 10 for Duke. Westlake High School's own list (Class of 2025), enrolled: UC Santa Barbara (7), Southwestern (5), Duke (4), Rice (4), University Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (4). Feeder standing: #1 United States Air Force Academy, #1 Southwestern, #6 Rice, #7 UC Santa Barbara, #10 Duke. Ivy+ admits: #6 of 33 schools per class year.
- Students here average SAT 1,264 and average ACT 28. Texas publishes each school's own averages; 98% of seniors tested. The national SAT average is about 1,030.
- Course rigor in the top 14% of US high schools. 30 AP courses plus advanced math and lab-science depth — measured against every high school in the country, not just the neighborhood.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
Where graduates go — as published by the school
Westlake High School publishes where its graduates enrolled (Class of 2025): 31 colleges with per-college counts — the largest counts enrolled at UC Santa Barbara (7), Southwestern University (5), Duke University (4). See the full list ↓
Feeder standing #1 feeder to United States Air Force Academy, Southwestern University · #6 to Rice University, #10 to Duke University, #7 to University of California-Santa Barbara · #6 of 33 schools for Ivy+ admits per class year — from its own published counts, ranked per class year
At a glance
- 30 AP courses offered — Elite
- Gifted & talented program
- 15 calculus classes · 50 physics · 37 chemistry
- AP rigor: 86th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Top 1.1% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 98% (2024-25, Texas TAPR)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
Their published matriculation list
Where the Class of 2025 enrolled
Westlake High School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 31 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled. The school's report prints its highly selective colleges in full and then a page it heads "Sampling of Other Colleges Attended", so a college missing here is not evidence that no graduate went there; the report ranks the University of Texas at Austin first among colleges attended without printing a count.
The ten largest counts, enrolled · Class of 2025
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The school down the road: Westwood High School
| College | Westlake High School | Westwood High School |
|---|---|---|
| UC Santa Barbara | 7 | 3 |
| Southwestern University | 5 | 4 |
| Rice University | 4 | 5 |
| Duke University | 4 | 2 |
| University Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign | 4 | 2 |
| Stanford University | 3 | 3 |
Each school's own printed counts (matriculation, Class of 2025 vs matriculation, Class of 2026); spans may differ.
All 31 colleges, as the document prints them
College · # Attending · # Admitted
These graduates went on to the colleges above.
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As published, source linked As published by Westlake High School — Post Secondary Pathways Report - Westlake High School Class of 2025 ↗. Found at: Slide 15 of 27, the 'Highly Selective Colleges' table (columns: College / # Applied / # Admitted / # Attending); plus slide 17 of 27, 'Sampling of Other Colleges Attended', whose legend reads "( ) = number of students attending the institution" — the same measure as the # Attending column.
From the school
Westlake High School reports 33 National Merit Semifinalists and 62 Commended Students for the class of 2026, the seniors who graduated in June 2026 (Eanes ISD district news).
Source ↗
The district's headline counts all 95 as National Merit Scholars; in the program's own terms they are 33 semifinalists and 62 commended students.
Westlake High School reports 27 National Merit Semifinalists for the class of 2025, the seniors who graduated in June 2025 (Post Secondary Pathways Report 2025, Westlake High School). Source ↗ (slide 2)
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Where grads go
Source: TEA/THECB college-enrollment figures. Full Texas Reach detail below.
How Westlake High School compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 14% nationally with 30 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: BOWIE H S, AUSTIN H S, VANDEGRIFT H S and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
86th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Top 1.1% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Your state's public flagship
The University of Texas at Austin
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Pay for college in Texas
Texas's public scholarships
Texas families have two big levers: a guaranteed-admission rule for the top of each graduating class, and the need-based TEXAS Grant that pairs with it. Class rank does more here than almost anywhere.
Graduate in the top 10% of your Texas public-HS class and finish the required curriculum for automatic admission to TX public universities (UT Austin caps at the top 5%). (Must finish the required college-prep curriculum (Distinguished plan).)
Official program details ↗Texas's flagship need-based grant — no GPA gate to qualify (a 3.0 or top-third rank just gives priority when funds run short). (Enroll within 16 months of HS, ≥¾ time, in a bachelor's program.)
Official program details ↗Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan plus a 3.0 GPA and an 80th-percentile test (or top-10% rank) for a TEXAS Grant-sized scholarship. (Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-10-21.
🤘 Texas Reach
Where this school's graduates land after high school.
What share of Westlake HS (Austin)'s 2022 graduating class enrolled in college the following fall — and how that splits across Texas higher education. Source-of-truth for college-going at the high-school level in Texas.
Eanes ISD; consistently top public HS in Texas by college-going rate.
Source: TEA TAPR 2022-23, Domain 4 CCMR + Higher Ed Enrollment. Headline rate is "enrolled in Texas higher ed the following fall." Initial dataset covers a curated set of high-profile TX high schools — full per-school ingest pending the THECB open-records data response.
Graduation & Attendance
Does this school get students to the finish line — and keep them in the building?
Two things every family wants to know: do students graduate on time, and do they show up. These are TEA's official campus figures.
Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR), 2024-25, All Students. Graduation = 4-year longitudinal rate (Class of 2024); attendance & dropout = SY2023-24. TEA masks small-group results for privacy.
College & Career Readiness
How ready are this school's graduates for what comes next?
Beyond graduating, are students prepared — for college, a career, or the military? These are TEA's official readiness measures for the most recent graduating class.
What counts as CCMR-ready? →
Under TEA's accountability system, a graduate counts as College/Career/Military Ready by meeting any one of: a qualifying SAT/ACT or TSI score; AP/IB exam scores of 3+; college dual-credit with a C or better; an associate's degree; an industry-based certification; an OnRamps course; military enlistment; or an aligned career-prep program. It rolls "is this graduate prepared for what's next?" into one comparable number — which is why a school can post a high CCMR even when its average SAT is modest (strong career, military, and dual-credit pathways count too).
Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR), 2024-25, All Students. CCMR / SAT-ACT / AP-IB = Class of 2024 graduates; dual-credit = grades 9-12. School SAT/ACT averages are campus means, not the scores of admitted college applicants. TEA masks small-group results for privacy.
Texas Accountability
TEA's official A–F rating: A (95/100).
The Texas Education Agency's official accountability grade for this campus — a single A–F letter and a 0–100 scaled score the state assigns to every public high school, rolled up from the domains below.
What the A–F domains mean →
Student Achievement — STAAR performance plus, for high schools, college/career/military readiness and graduation. School Progress — academic growth and performance relative to schools with similar economic profiles. Closing the Gaps — outcomes across student groups. TEA awards the campus the better of two methods per domain; the overall grade is the weighted roll-up.
Source: Texas Education Agency, A–F Accountability Ratings (2024-25) via data.texas.gov; the state's official campus rating under Texas Education Code §39.054. Covers every rated Texas public high school.
Texas State Testing
STAAR End-of-Course results: how many students meet grade level.
The share of students scoring Meets Grade Level or above on Texas's high-school End-of-Course exams — the state's core academic-proficiency benchmark, reported for every campus.
What do Approaches / Meets / Masters mean? →
Texas reports STAAR at three rising bars: Approaches (likely to succeed in the next grade with support), Meets (solid command, on track for college/career readiness — the headline number above), and Masters (advanced command). End-of-Course exams are taken when a student finishes the course, so they reflect that subject's instruction, not a single grade.
Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) STAAR EOC performance, 2024-25, All Students. Small-group results are masked by TEA for privacy and shown only where reported.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,854 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $13,199 per student in district revenue, the 40 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $527,960/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWIE H S AUSTIN |
Public | 6.7 | 2,876 | +1.7% |
| AUSTIN H S AUSTIN |
Public | 2.8 | 2,323 | -2.4% |
| VANDEGRIFT H S AUSTIN |
Public | 8.5 | 2,437 | -10.5% |
| AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S AUSTIN |
Public | 8.8 | 2,421 | -8.3% |
| WESTWOOD H S AUSTIN |
Public | 12.5 | 2,858 | +2.8% |
| MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S BUDA |
Public | 13.1 | 2,870 | +16.9% |
| ANDERSON H S AUSTIN |
Public | 7.8 | 2,223 | -0.3% |
| MCNEIL H S AUSTIN |
Public | 12.9 | 2,660 | +7.1% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantWestlake High School is a public high school in Austin, TX, enrolling 2,854 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is up 0% from 2021 to 2024.
It offers 30 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 86% of U.S. high schools (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
971 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 99% of U.S. high schools.
Texas reports 90% of its graduates College, Career or Military Ready and a four-year graduation rate of 98%; its average SAT was 1,264.
It has about 301 students per school counselor.
3% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Westlake High School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Class of 2025: 31 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are UC Santa Barbara (7), Southwestern University (5), Duke University (4), Rice University (4), University Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (4). Source: Post Secondary Pathways Report - Westlake High School Class of 2025.
Westlake High School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #1 United States Air Force Academy, #1 Southwestern, #6 Rice, #7 UC Santa Barbara, #10 Duke. Ivy+ admits: #6 of 33 schools per class year.
Westlake High School reports 33 National Merit Semifinalists and 62 Commended Students for the class of 2026, the seniors who graduated in June 2026 (Eanes ISD district news).
Westlake High School reports 27 National Merit Semifinalists for the class of 2025, the seniors who graduated in June 2025 (Post Secondary Pathways Report 2025, Westlake High School).
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
Where do Westlake High School graduates go to college? Westlake High School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Class of 2025: 31 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are UC Santa Barbara (7), Southwestern University (5), Duke University (4), Rice University (4), University Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (4). Source: Post Secondary Pathways Report - Westlake High School Class of 2025.
Which colleges is Westlake High School a top feeder school to? Westlake High School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #1 United States Air Force Academy, #1 Southwestern, #6 Rice, #7 UC Santa Barbara, #10 Duke. Ivy+ admits: #6 of 33 schools per class year.
How many AP courses does Westlake High School offer? Westlake High School offers 30 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 86% of U.S. high schools (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
What is Westlake High School's graduation rate? Texas reports 90% of its graduates College, Career or Military Ready and a four-year graduation rate of 98%; its average SAT was 1,264.
How many students attend Westlake High School? Westlake High School is a public high school in Austin, TX, enrolling 2,854 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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