West High School

This is for the practice baseball field. My little one comes here for practice for his all-star team. I love that parking is really close. The dug out is cute too.

The disciplinary tactics at this school are just not okay. The dean made me take my hoodie off when I was being searched and I didn't have a shirt underneath. He then excused it by saying he assumed I had a shirt on even though I told him I didn't. He also forced me to let him go through my camera roll and when it was brought up he said technically I allowed him to even though he didn't give me a choice and forced me into it. He also threatened to suspend my FRIENDS even though there was no proof of them doing anything.

The academic counselors only seem to want "easy" students who don't make their jobs harder. They praise the overachieving students and look down upon anyone less. The faculty cares more about funds and reputation rather than the students' wellbeing. The lack of communication between the higher ups and teachers leaves many unsatisfied to the point where I've heard teachers outright complain. It doesn't help that homophobia and favoritism remains prevalent. At district meetings, school administrators display indifference as if they're forced to be there. There's only a handful of competent teachers. Considering its privileged community, I'm surprised that the best thing about this school is the campus.

I have moved to the West High area and I'm currently looking for a school to enroll my daughter. I called the school and was transferred to a "registrar", I cannot recall her actual name. She answered all of my questions in detail and broke down the differences between each high school. After being on the phone for around nine minutes we both discovered that although West is not my daughters "homeschool" we still have a shot! I appreciate her patience and kindness. I believe her name was Ms Richards. Hoping we can have a sophomore in the fall! Go Warriors!!

I went from Fall 2001 - Spring 2005. Great teachers (lots of very memorable ones like Mrs. Kriede--a strict Chemistry teacher--and Mrs. Jensen--an amusing music teacher... also Mr. Banim--band teacher... though I never was in band I hear our band is/was pretty good. We go to the Thanksgiving Day Parade and/or Carnegie Hall sometimes). Houses nearby though are overpriced because of "overzealous parents" (namely Asian, I'm Asian as well... though I'm not rich enough to get a house lol). But as it's a pretty good school in the area (and also because its supposedly a "rich" area... quite annoying for me as it's raising my rent and insurance though I can't afford it DX grrr) it gets basically no funding so I remember many a time when teachers asked us to bring in tissues or markers to contribute to the class as we had money for none. Moderate amount of AP's available (according to some teachers, schools in poorer areas have better selection). Nice campus, occasionally saw squirrels. I heard from someone else who had been to another campus said ours looked nice cuz it was "woodsy." Our campus is fenced off so no one can leave at lunch (unlike other schools). Middle school students come in the morning for honors classes. Seniors are sometimes (rarely) allowed out early if they have reduced numbers of classes.

Once upon a time I lived on Wood ave cross st Torrance by the Sharkey's pizza. My younger sister was living with me..I decided I wanted my sister to go to a nice school. Her dean at the time had a hard time understanding how or why my latina sister ended going to West. She told him that she was living with me. He proceeds to tell her that he could not believe that I could afford to live in the neighborhood. First off all you don't know what I can or can't afford. That was not his business. Then he proceeds to show up to my manager's apartment and to ask her if I really lived there. Racism at it's fullest. I'm posting this because I'm having a conversation with my client about highschools. I just told her my story and she was appalled and shocked. I've told the story before to others but decided to yelp and warn brown people about this school. Maybe they aren't ignorant anymore, who knows, but it doesn't hurt to warn others of my experience. #FACTS #NOTCOOL

Loved attending west. Great school and awesome teachers! And meet some amazing friends through out my 4 years there.

I am a parent of 3 students who attended West High School from 2013 through present. My daughter will be a Senior this upcoming Fall 2020. The previous reviews saddens me to think kids these days do not have a pleasant high school experience. It must be the sign of the times which is a lot more intense than 30+ years ago when I attended high school. Many wonderful memories with friends that I still have to this day! As a parent, I have had the pleasure of attending many football games, basketball games and soccer games. I have gotten to know many parents and it helped that my kids went to Towers, Bert Lynn and West High. I cannot speak about the curriculum but overall the 3 of them had many friends and went to school regularly and kept up with classwork. West High is known as an academic school and it has been that way even 30 years ago. Two of them have graduated and went on to college. I found the teachers were receptive whenever I reached out via email, the coaches were receptive and even the Dean was kind to my family as well as the Administrative staff. Really like their counselor who has always given excellent advice. Never had a problem and never viewed anyone there as racist or had that experience. I am not Caucasian.

This review is for their gym. I came here for my cousin's drill performance last weekend. I had to use the restroom and it was filthy diirrrttttyyyy. If i could have hold it, I would have, but we were there for ours that I couldn't hold it. Soooo GROSS! They need to do something about this! ahhhh!!

Everyone has a different experience in high school, and whether it aligned with their goals and experiences in life greatly influences their opinion (whether they peaked in high school or not). I have been to two high schools in my life, one in a poor city and one here. I would go back to the one in the poor city, despite the money issues. This school does not properly prepare you for college, has a bunch of racist faculty members (Hello Mrs. Fraser, thanks for calling Muslims barbaric! And only checking the non-white boys backpacks when candy went missing), and has very conservative policies (yes, girls' shoulders are definitely the problem for boys not studying, and the best way to handle "the problem" is definitely humiliating the girls!) Students end up thinking that the smartest time of their life was high school (I have to admit, their AP classes stimulated the college rigor very well), but the fact of the matter is that the school does not prepare you for college, despite the fact that half the teachers work in El Co because they are not paid well. This is a cookie cutter school and does not having anything different about them educationally, socially, or culturally. The only good thing are the other students in this school, but again, they are only a temporary factor. The students are the ones who created the schools good reputation. They are very studious, hardworking, and creative people. It might be because of the large immigrant population in the area. The kids have a great influence from their peers and their families. Anyways, 0/10, would not recommend...

I am not a student, teacher, or staff but a vendor at the West High Swap Meets they hold once a month! It is very accessible and affordable to be a vendor (unlike other swap meets). Uou can find pretty neat finds now and then for a good price. I just wish there were more customers and foot traffic! Come visit!

I can't give it two stars because I haven't expierenced better. I only went to one High School. I got to know a lot of different people not enough to call them friends of BFFs but all of the classes were busy work except for math and science. I don't think I got any more benefit out of this school than I would have gotten at Narbonne. The only thing that makes it better is to say that I graduated from here. I graduated early because I couldn't stand high school anymore. It was too high strung for me and I'm a laid back mofo. I was there from 2002-2005 and not a year longer. I won't be in California when I have kids so they won't have to deal with this school. Not that I had a bad high school experience it just wasn't for me.

I, like the first guy, didn't think you could review high schools or any kind of school for that matter. Anyways, this is a great school with great teachers, great staff overall. While I was in high school, I had a completely different opinion, now, I would do anything to GO BACK. Clean campus in a GREAT neighborhood. I still enjoy driving by it to catch a glimpse of the campus, the memories.

Hello my name is Michael Bolden..class of 83....man i loved this school, it has it all....Good teachers, good people, and good times...(just like fast times at Ridgemont High)....i would like to give a shout out to some old friends, (hope i spelled their names right...CARL LITTLE........CECILIA...... THE JUSTIN TWINS.........MIKE KRUTCH......LAURA.........STEVE LITTLER......IF YOU WENT TO WEST HIGH IN THE 80'S GIVE ME A CALL...828-245-9851...later dudes and dudets...lol...