Westwood High School is a 4-year public high school in the western part of Mesa, Arizona, United States under the jurisdiction of Mesa Public Schools. It was opened in 1962 with Elias Brimhall as the founding principal. In the 1983–84 school year, it was honored as a Blue Ribbon school.
In 2018 it was reclassified as a "A" school through the Arizona Department of Education school accountability system.
It is the zoned public high school of the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community.
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Demographics
2023–2024 school year demographics for the 3,397 enrolled students:
Male – 50.8%
Female – 49.2%
American Indian/Alaska Native - 10.5%
Asian - 0.6%
Black - 5.7%
Hispanic - 58.6%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - 1.3%
White - 20.2%
Multiracial - 3.1%
Athletics
Offered Athletics:
Badminton
Cross Country
Football
Pom & Cheer
B/G Golf
Swim & Dive
B/G Volleyball
B/G Basketball
B/G Soccer
Wrestling
E-Sports
Baseball
Softball
Track & Field
B/G Tennis
Feeder schools
Junior high schools that feed into Westwood High School (and the elementary schools that feed into the junior high schools):
(Note: Some elementary schools feed into more than one junior high)
Carson Junior High
Adams Elementary School
Edison Elementary School
Eisenhower Center for Innovation
Emerson Elementary School
Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School
Lehi Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School
Webster Elementary School
Whitman Elementary School
Whittier Elementary School
Kino Junior High
Eisenhower Center for Innovation
Lehi Elementary School
Edison Elementary School
Holmes Elementary School
Kerr Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Lowell Elementary School
Rhodes Junior High
Crismon Elementary School
Pedro Guerrero Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Redbird Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School
Summit Academy (IB)
Stapley Junior High
Barbara Bush Elementary School
Marjorie Entz Elementary School
Nathan Hale Elementary School
Hermosa Vista Elementary School
Zedo Ishikawa Elementary School
Lehi Elementary School
Douglas MacArthur Elementary School
Notable alumni
Individuals
Randy Bennett, basketball head coach at St. Mary's College
Rick Burch, bassist of Jimmy Eat World
Siaha Burley, wide receiver in Arena Football League
John Giles, mayor of Mesa (2014 - 2025)
Troy Kotsur, actor
Tom Linton, guitarist of Jimmy Eat World
Albie Lopez, former MLB player (Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals)
Alex Madrid, former MLB player (Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies)
Ritchie McKay, basketball head coach at Liberty University
Larry Owens, NBA basketball player with Washington Wizards
Scott Smith, mayor of Mesa (2008 - 2014)
Danny White, coach in Arena Football League, former quarterback for Dallas Cowboys
Groups
Founding members of Authority Zero, a punk rock band