Westside Community Day Middle High School: Full Guide

Location: South Dos Palos, CA

Are you a student or parent at Westside Community Day Middle High School? Want to understand how to get the most out of high school?

We've written the best guide to Westside Community Day Middle High available. Here we'll cover:

Breakdowns of student ethnicity, gender, and family income
How safe Westside Community Day Middle High is to attend
SAT/ACT/AP scores earned by Westside Community Day Middle High students
Which AP/IB classes you can take at Westside Community Day Middle High
Every sports team you can join at Westside Community Day Middle High

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Basic Information

Westside Community Day Middle High School is a public school, supporting grades 7 to 12 . It's located in South Dos Palos, CA in Merced County.

Based on its location, Westside Community Day Middle High is classified as a school in a distant town, or more than 10 miles from an urbanized area. Here's the location on a map:

Contact Information

Mailing address:

Westside Community Day Middle High School
2041 Almond Ave.
Dos Palos, CA 93620-2303

Phone number: 2093920280

Westside Community Day Middle High School homepage: http://www.dpol.net/

Principal: Frank Lemos
Email the principal: [email protected]

Student Demographics

Student Enrollment

The total enrollment at Westside Community Day Middle High School is 8 students, making it a very small high school, in the bottom 10% of all California high schools by size.

Attending Westside Community Day Middle High will feel very cozy, and you'll likely know everyone in your school. This will be a very intimate learning environment.

Unfortunately, with a tiny class size, you may lack a large diversity of activities and classes to join. If you feel your interests aren't well catered by Westside Community Day Middle High, you might consider independent learning or looking at nearby, larger high schools.

Growth in Student Body Size

Is Westside Community Day Middle High School growing or shrinking? This will help you see trends in where the school is headed.

From our calculations, the enrollment at Westside Community Day Middle High has increased over the past few years. We calculate this by comparing enrollment in grades 9 to 12.

	Female Students	All Students
9^th grade	1	1
10^th grade	0	0
11^th grade	0	0
12^th grade	0	0

As you can see in the table above, the freshman class is 1 students larger than the senior class. This suggests that the school is growing in size and taking on more students.

There are a few reasons this could be happening. The city of South Dos Palos could be growing in population, thus sending more students into Westside Community Day Middle High. Alternatively, Westside Community Day Middle High could be relaxing its student policies and taking in more students.

Gender Split

Are there more boys or girls at Westside Community Day Middle High School?

From our statistics, Westside Community Day Middle High has a 0:100 split between male and female students in the high school grades.

There is a large female majority at Westside Community Day Middle High, and the imbalance is greater than you would expect from the general population in Merced County. As a result, it'll feel like there are a lot more girls than boys in your classes.

Sometimes this imbalance can result from random chance and may not suggest anything about Westside Community Day Middle High. In other cases, the school might preferentially select for females (if it has its own admissions criteria), or parents with female kids might prefer to send them to Westside Community Day Middle High. In yet other cases, other neighboring schools might attract male students, drawing them away from Westside Community Day Middle High.

If this gender imbalance is a concern for you, we suggest contacting Westside Community Day Middle High administration and asking if they have any thoughts about why there's a female majority. Their phone number is 2093920280.

Ethnicity Breakdown

What's the racial diversity at Westside Community Day Middle High School? Does one ethnicity make up most of the student body, or is it fairly balanced?

From our statistics, Westside Community Day Middle High has a somewhat homogenous student body, with the majority of students identifying as one ethnicity, but not representing over 70% of the student body. Most schools in California fit this profile, so Westside Community Day Middle High isn't out of the ordinary. Most students attending class with you will be of the predominant ethnicity, but there will be meaningful diversity from other races.

The majority of students at Westside Community Day Middle High are Hispanic. In California, Hispanic students make up the majority of all students at 51.5%, and are thus the most common ethnicity. Predominantly Hispanic schools are the most common type of homogenous school, and Westside Community Day Middle High fits within this category.

	Percentage	Number
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.0%	0
Asian	0.0%	0
Hispanic	50.0%	4
Black	12.5%	1
White	37.5%	3
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0.0%	0
Two or more races	0.0%	0

High schools usually reflect the population in the surrounding area, so the ethnicities of students likely resembles those of South Dos Palos. If you'd like to see how other nearby schools look in diversity, just google "[name of school] prepscholar" to find our guide to that specific school.

Income Level of Westside Community Day Middle High Families

What are the family incomes of students at Westside Community Day Middle High School? To determine this, we look at the number of students who qualify for free or reduced lunches, a classification by the US federal government.

To qualify for a reduced price meal, family income needs to be below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $45,000 or below.

To qualify for a free meal, family income needs to be below 130% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $32,000 or below.

The lower the percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced price meals, the higher the income levels are likely to be.

At Westside Community Day Middle High, 12.5% of students qualify for reduced-price lunches, and 50.0% qualify for free lunches.

This means Westside Community Day Middle High has a below average level of poverty. With most students not qualifying for free or reduced price lunches, Westside Community Day Middle High is below average among California schools in poverty level. The income level of families in South Dos Palos is thus likely to be relatively high.

	Number	Percent
Reduced-price lunches	1	12.5%
Free lunches	4	50.0%
Do not qualify for reduced-price or free lunches	3	37.5%

As with ethnicity, this likely reflects the surrounding community in South Dos Palos and doesn't speak much about the school itself.

Westside Community Day Middle High is in the middle 50% of schools by income level. Generally, higher income level schools are better-funded and have a higher quality range of classes and activities. Westside Community Day Middle High is likely in the middle of the pack in this regard and will give you a good set of options to try.

If you have any interests that Westside Community Day Middle High doesn't cover, look to your local community for activities, or to the Internet for self-study AP classes.

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School Safety

How safe is Westside Community Day Middle High School to attend? Can you expect a lot of conflict as a student here?

To study this, we look at disciplinary data for two types of incidents at Westside Community Day Middle High: referrals to law enforcement (when incidents are reported to police), and arrests.

These are the most serious disciplinary actions available to school administration and are more severe than suspensions or expulsions. Suspensions are often discretionary and can be given just for being disruptive in class. In contrast, law enforcement referrals and arrests often indicate incidents that put the safety of other Westside Community Day Middle High students at risk.

Compare this school with other high schools in the same school district, using the following table:

Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified School District Safety

School Name	Total Referred	Total Arrests	Enrollment
Dos Palos High	34	0	679
Westside High	8	0	48

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