Westlake Academy Class of 2015, while home on Winter Break
Students at Westlake Academy continue to rise to the top. They have surpassed statewide averages inbrall four of Texas’ performance indexes: Student Achievement, Student Progress,brClosing Performance Gaps and Postsecondary Readiness, according to the TexasbrEducation Agency.
In addition, the Academybrearned all seven Distinction Designations for academic achievements inbrReading/ELA, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Top 25 Percent StudentbrProgress, Top Percent Closing Performance Gaps and Postsecondary Readiness.
The information, presentedbrto Westlake Academy Board of Trustees, reveals a Student Achievement score ofbr98, soaring above the statewide target score of 60. Student Progress earned abrscore of 50 (target score 15), Closing Performance Gaps earned a 66 (targetbrscore 31), and Postsecondary Readiness earned 93 (target score 57).
In addition, all three ofbrthe State System Safeguards were met for Performance Rates, ParticipationbrRates, and Graduation Rates; and End-of-Course results not only surpassed thebrstate averages, but topped the school's results from last year. Averages forbrboth the ACT and SAT reveal Westlake Academy students surpassed state scores inbrall subject areas. Attendance and Graduation Rates outperformed statebrpercentages, as well as Advanced Course Completion Rates and College ReadinessbrResults.
For Westlake Academybreducators, responsibility to students extends beyond grade 12. WestlakebrAcademy's goal as a college prep school is to create college-ready studentsbrprepared to successfully compete in a global marketplace. To measure success,brschool administration began tracking the graduates to see how they arebrprogressing in college life. Data is collected via the National StudentbrClearinghouse, which captures data from 93 percent of colleges. According tobrthe most recent data, Westlake Academy students are succeeding the nationalbrgraduation rate.
“College readiness isbrtwo-fold: college acceptance and college completion,” said Dr. Mechelle Bryson,brexecutive principal/director of education, in a press release.
The school's efforts arebrpaying off. For Westlake Academy's first graduating class in 2010, 79.2 percentbrof the graduation cohort completed their degree in five years or less. The statebraverage is 52.9 percent of students taking six years to graduate. Otherbrgraduating classes have continued success. The 2011 graduation cohort: 100brpercent enrolled or graduated, 66 percent have completed degrees in four yearsbror less; 2012 cohort: 100 percent are enrolled in college or have graduated,br14.3 percent have completed their degree in three years or less; 2013 cohort:br87.5 are enrolled in college with 2.5 percent completing their degree; and thebr2014 cohort: 94.3 percent enrolled in college in year one of post-secondarybrlife.