Westwood High School, located in Stewart Town, Trelawny is the sixth ranked school in academic passes, according to the latest EducateJamaica.org ranking just released. Westwood moved up one spot from 7th place last year. In doing so, they surpassed neighbours St Hilda’s Diocesan High from Brown’s Town, St Ann. St Hilda’s placed 3rd last year but dropped to 7th this time around.
Westwood is one of 7 all-girls schools in the top 10. Montego Bay High School for girls is number 3 making it the top ranked school in Western Jamaica. MoBay High is surpassed by Campion College at the number 1 position and Immaculate Conception High at number 2.
Westwood High School was founded in 1882 and is the only all-girls school in Trelawny. They are also the only school in Jamaica that carries the tradition of wearing hats. That makes them unique and outstanding wherever they go. To compliment their unique attire, the “girls in the hats” also stand out academically.
In its publication titled THE CSEC RANKINGS 2015: The Ivy League Edition, Educate Jamaica looked at each school and calculated what percentage of students earned a minimum of 5 CSEC subjects (including Mathematics and/or English) at the end of grade 11. This year’s ranking is based on 2014 CSEC passes.
Here is the list of Top Ranked High Schools in Jamaica (where 80% or more of students earned 5 CSEC subjects including Mathematics and/or English). Is your school in the list?
| Name of School | Ranking | Percentage of grade 11 cohort who earned Five subjects including Mathematics and/or English |
| Campion College | 1 | 100% |
| Immaculate Conception | 2 | 99.6% |
| Montego Bay High | 3 | 98.6% |
| St. Andrew High For Girls | 4 | 98% |
| Wolmer’s Girls | 5 | 97.9% |
| Westwood High | 6 | 97.7% |
| St. Hilda’s Diocesan High | 7 | 97.5% |
| Glenmuir High | 8 | 96.55% |
| Decarteret College | 9 | 96.2% |
| Hampton School | 10 | 95.7% |
| Wolmer’s Boys High | 11 | 94.75% |
| Mount Alvernia High | 12 | 94.7% |
| Munro College | 13 | 93.9% |
| Covenant of Mercy Alpha Academy | 14 | 93.7% |
| Ardenne High | 15 | 93.5% |
| Bishop Gibson | 16 | 92.2% |
| St. George’s College | 17 | 91% |
| Manchester High | 18 | 90.1% |
| Knox College | 19 | 89.8% |
| York Castle High | 20 | 85.9% |
| Holy Childhood High | 21 | 83.7% |
| Merl Grove High | 22 | 83% |
| Morant Bay High | 23 | 82.1% |
| Kingston College | 24 | 81.9% |
SOURCE: Falmouth News
Article: List of Jamaica’s Top 24 Ranked Schools in Academics – Trelawny’s Westwood High Ranked #6
Published: JULY 21, 2015
Congratulations to the students and faculty of Westwood. Children thrive/succeed when they feel supported, nurtured and their environment is conducive to such success. You all should be applauded. Continued excellence in the coming years!