Westmont High School

The education that students receive at Westmont is so diversified. I am an upperclassmen and from my years of experience, students' experience depends greatly on the teachers that you get (solely by chance). I am heavily involved in school clubs and AP classes, and from that standpoint, Westmont is great! I've had some amazing teachers (our english department is unparalleled) who've taught me so much and opened up a lot of opportunities for me to go to college. Although, one thing I want to note is that our AP pass rate is not too good in the mathematics and sciences. Also, there is poor financial planning; our bathrooms are absolutely disgusting, and there is usually only one girls bathroom open (with five stalls) during the day (creates chaos). The district doesn't pay our teachers enough, instead wasting the money on stupid things like moving the softball field and buying a new scoreboard in the stadium. The classrooms are somewhat dirty and small and the janitors are overworked. But, DON'T send your child to private school; I have seen it happen to my middle school peers, who are now bratty and have a low class rank and GPA (despite inflation). I am so glad I came to Westmont because you really get exposed to a good degree of student diversity (look at the ethnicity graphs above). There are kids whose parents both work at google, and there are those that qualify for reduced lunches. Student growth is determined by who you choose to hang out with and make friends, as well as reaching out to teachers for help. It is very viable to go to a good college if you work hard. At the same time, on-level classes here are not the best because the curriculums differ from teacher to teacher and don't prepare you for the real world. Overall, I like my experience at Westmont thus far. I like the selection of clubs, sports, and extracurriculars like band. I like the block schedule. My teachers are amazing and are easy to access for help or advice. Getting good grades is manageable, and most students aren't cutthroat academically. Just be aware that students have to be self-motivated to learn; teachers won't hold your hands to get good grades. If you have a self-motivated student, or are a self-motivated student reading this review, you should try coming to Westmont. The experience is what you make of it.

My daughter is a freshmen and though it's been a huge adjustment from Middle School, she's really thriving. My only complaint is there are a few teachers who don't update grades, don't reply to emails, and don't update school loop, but for all the other very responsive teachers its easy to overlook the other few teachers. As a parent who's very involved with her student, Westmont staff is pretty terrific. I'm very happy my daughter is at this highschool.

My son attends this school, he told me this year there are 10 students who got admissions from UC Berckley, there are more got accepted by UC LA . There are students got admissions from Columbia university, Cornell, CMU, Brown University , Harvey Mudd ..Last year there were students got accepted by Stanford and top UC schools as well. From above admission statics, I think Westmont is a pretty good school for my son.- a parent

My son is a student of Westmont, he told me that westmont has a lot of good teachers he like, such as teacher of Computer Science , Math, History. School have several teachers graduated from Stanford, MIT as well. He seems like his school so far.