Westside High, Jacksonville: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Duval County Public Schools’ school locator map, school hours page and calendar, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory, and the FHSAA’s 2026-27 football classifications.

Westside High is the Duval County Public Schools high school for grades 9 to 12 at 5530 Firestone Road. The campus is inside Jacksonville city limits.

Who to call

• Front office: 904-573-1170, 5530 Firestone Road, Jacksonville, FL 32244
• School website: dcps.duvalschools.org/o/wehs
• Enrolling a new student: the district’s new student enrollment page; Enrollment Services 904-390-2082
• Which school is my address zoned for? the district’s school locator map

Principal

Principal Vincent Foster, according to the school’s staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

• Federal count: 1,533 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 76 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 20 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F on the share of possible points it earns on the measures in the state’s 2026 school grades file: test scores, learning gains and, for middle and high schools, acceleration and graduation. The file sets an A for high schools at 65% of points or more.

The state’s file gives no test results or points for the school for 2025-26, only the I, which Florida uses when a school’s grade is incomplete.

The same file lists 79.2% of the school’s students as economically disadvantaged and the school as a Title I school, which receives federal aid for schools serving low-income families.

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s school locator map. Zones do not follow city limits.

Comparing the district’s 2026-27 attendance zone maps (shares are of each zone’s area, not of students):

• Elementary zones inside this zone: all of the Chimney Lakes Elementary, Enterprise Learning Academy, Jacksonville Heights Elementary, Sadie T. Tillis Elementary and Timucuan Elementary zones, most of the Cedar Hills Elementary zone and part of the Gregory Drive Elementary zone.
• Middle school zones inside this zone: most of the Westside Middle and Westview K-8 zones and part of the Lake Shore Middle zone.

Calendar and bell times

Classes run 7:10 a.m. to 2:05 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school hours, the standard schedule for district high schools.

From the district’s 2026-27 calendar:

• Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students (employee planning day)
• Wednesday, Nov. 11: schools closed for Veterans Day
• Nov. 23-27: schools closed for Thanksgiving week
• Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break
• Monday, Jan. 4, 2027: employee planning day, no school for students
• Monday, Jan. 18, 2027: schools closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• March 15-19, 2027: schools closed for spring break week
• Friday, May 28, 2027: last day of school

Sports and activities

Westside plays football in Class 3A, Region 1, District 4 for 2026-27, according to the FHSAA’s football classifications. The other teams in that district are Menendez (St. Augustine), Palatka and Wolfson. The school’s athletics page lists teams in football, swimming, cross country, golf, girls volleyball, basketball, soccer, girls bowling, wrestling, girls weightlifting, tennis, track, baseball, girls fast-pitch softball and girls flag football. Follow the season on our Friday night football page and the high school scoreboard.

More on Jacksonville schools

• The school’s website
• Every public school in Jacksonville
• Our Jacksonville schools guide for enrolling, the School Board and the full calendar
• High school football: Friday night football and the scoreboard

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Westside High serve?

Grades 9 to 12. It is a Duval County Public Schools high school at 5530 Firestone Road in Jacksonville.

What is Westside High’s school grade?

The state’s 2026 school grades file lists Westside High as I, an incomplete grade. It earned a C in 2025.

What time does Westside High start?

Classes run 7:10 a.m. to 2:05 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school hours.