Westlake Preparatory School & Academy
Tel:
(954)236-2300
- Mission Statement Westlake Preparatory School & Academy will create and secure a safe, comfortable, and peaceable school environment where every student will be provided with the best opportunity to learn in an educational format that provides a high degree of academic engagement, organization, motivation and will demonstrate the importance of becoming lifelong learners to ensure both academic and personal success. Our Students Westlake Preparatory School offers three academic placements serving a wide range of diverse students. College Preparatory Program, Serving gifted, above-average, and average college bound students Summit Point Program,educating mainstreamed students with a documented learning disability with academic intervention and support. Westlake Academy provides a year round,individualized,alternative educational modelfor students with specific learning challenges, special needs and developmental disabilities.
Quick Stats (2020)
- Grades: Kindergarten-12
- Students: 154 students
- Yearly Tuition: $16,000
- Acceptance rate: 75%
- Average class size: 18 students
- Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Top Placements
Westlake Preparatory School & Academy places among the top 20% of private schools in Florida for:
- Category Attribute
- Acceptance Rate Lowest average acceptance rates
School Overview
| School Membership(s)School Assoc. | Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools (SACS) Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS) |
| Religious Affiliation | Nonsectarian |
| Grades Offered | Grades Kindergarten-12 |
| Offers Post-Graduate Year | Yes |
| Learning Difference Programs | Yes |
| Learning Programs Supported | ESE and Special Needs in our Academy Program |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Summer School Offered | Yes |
| Summer Program Cost | $1,200 |
| Summer Program Cost Notes | 1200 per credit |
Student Body
| Total Students | 154 students |
| Student Body Type | Co-ed |
| % Students of Color | 31% State avg.: 41% |
| Students by Grade |
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Academics and Faculty
| Total Classroom Teachers | 15 teachers |
| Student : Teacher Ratio | 10:1 National avg.: 13:1 |
| % Faculty w/Advanced Degree | 75% |
| Average Class Size | 18 students |
| Number of AP Courses | 2 courses |
| Advanced Courses | Biology, Chemistry |
| Average SAT score | 1210 |
| Average ACT score | 28 |
| Classroom Dress Code | Formal (Uniform Shirts and Khaki/Navy Bottoms) |
Finances and Admission
| Admission Deadline | None / Rolling |
| Yearly Tuition Cost | $16,000 |
| Tuition Notes | Annual Matriculation, Registration and fees: 1195.00 Tuition approximates: Elementary: 15000. Middle: 17000. High: 19000 Academy: 26000. |
| % on Financial Aid | 30% |
| Average Financial Aid Grant | $3,000 |
| Acceptance Rate | 75% National avg.: 85% |
| Admissions Director | Dr. Rolin |
| Admissions Associate | Tiffany Hernandez |
Sports
| Total Sports Offered | 5 sports |
| Sports | Basketball, Cheering, Cross Country, Flag Football, Track and FieldBasketball, Cheering, Cross Country, Flag Football, Track and Field |
Extracurriculars
| Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric. | 8 extracurriculars |
| ExtracurricularsExtra-curric. | Club or Organization: Chess Club, Journalism Club, Yearbook Club Arts and Music Programs: 3D Printing, Art, Music class Recreational Athletic Programs: Cheerleading, Travel teams |
School Notes
- Today, after over 25 years, Westlake`s combined academic community, Preparatory, Summit and Academy, is unique because it provides such a diverse range of academic placements and opportunities, permitting each of our students to be positioned in the best learning environment for them and receive the support, challenges and encouragement needed as they grow in academic ability and personal strength. Westlake is recognized as a good school for all students. We help students reach their academic potential within a safe, uniquely supportive and progressive educational environment. Westlake students are instructed using classroom lecture combined with a preceptorial system of acceleration and enrichment where each student receives personal attention. Westlake's is specially designed to encourage critical thinking and improve each student's academic abilities and study skills. Westlake's curriculum continues through all our grades, elementary, middle and high school as an individually designed college preparatory curriculum. Westlake's students are selected from a wide variety of academic and social backgrounds. It is the goal of Westlake's admissions policy to bring together a diverse `mix' of students with many different skills, academic, artistic, athletic and social.
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