Fort Pierce Westwood Academy: The WEST Prep Magnet

Fort Pierce Westwood Academy: The WEST Prep Magnet earned a C in the 2025-26 Florida school grades, after a B the year before.

The state workbook titled "2025-26 School Grades as of September 1, 2026" lists the school as number 0201 in district 56 (St. Lucie), under the name FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET, with a Grade 2026 of C and a Grade 2025 of B (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades file). The same row gives a percent of total possible points of 59, from 592 total points earned across 10 components, and a percent tested of 95.

For high and combination schools such as Westwood, the state file sets the scale at A for 65% of points or greater, B for 60% to 64%, C for 45% to 59%, D for 35% to 44% and F for 34% or less (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades file). The school is coded as school type 03, which the file's legend defines as High. The row also marks the school as not a charter school, as a Title I school, and records 100 in the column for percent of economically disadvantaged students.

Fort Pierce Central High School, another high school on the district list, also shows a Grade 2026 of C and a 59 in the percent of points column of the same state file (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades file). Its district profile lists grades 9-12, the same 7:33 a.m. - 1:41 p.m. hours, the Green zone and a capacity of 2453 at 4101 S. 25th St (Fort Pierce Central profile).

Under section 1008.34 of the Florida Statutes, a C marks a school making satisfactory progress, the grade the state file shows for Fort Pierce Westwood in 2026.

The statute defines the five grades as A for schools making excellent progress, B for above average progress, C for satisfactory progress, D for less than satisfactory progress and F for schools failing to make adequate progress (section 1008.34, Florida Statutes). It also says each school must assess at least 95 percent of its eligible students, and the Fort Pierce Westwood row in the state file shows 95 in the percent tested column (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades file).

For a school made up of grades 9, 10, 11 and 12, the law adds two components worth 100 points each: the 4-year high school graduation rate and the percentage of students eligible to earn college and career credit through exams such as Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate, dual enrollment and similar routes (section 1008.34, Florida Statutes). The Westwood row shows 97 in the graduation rate column and 82 in the college and career acceleration column. The statute also directs the State Board of Education to set the grading scale in rule, with at least five percentage points between grade thresholds, and to review the share of A and B grades each year to decide whether to raise the scale (section 1008.34, Florida Statutes).

The statute also directs the Department of Education to develop each year, with the school districts, a school report card that districts, including St. Lucie for Fort Pierce Westwood, provide to parents, showing the school's grade and student performance in English Language Arts, mathematics, science and social studies (section 1008.34, Florida Statutes).

In the 2026 state file, the Westwood row shows 97 for the 2024-25 graduation rate, 82 for college and career acceleration and 33 for mathematics achievement.

Each value in the table below is copied from the Westwood row in the state grades file (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades file). The graduation rate and acceleration columns carry the 2024-25 label in the state's own headers.

The file also carries the school's grade history. The table below lists the recent years exactly as they appear in the Westwood row, including the two years the state labels informational baseline grades (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades file).

The Grade 2021 column is blank for Westwood in the state file, and the file has no 2020 column. The district profile links each school's own testing results under a School Grade and Testing Results heading for families who want the subject detail behind these numbers (district school profile).

Fort Pierce Westwood Academy sits at 1801 Panther Lane, Fort Pierce, FL 34947, an address the Census Bureau geocoder places in unincorporated St. Lucie County, near Fort Pierce rather than inside the city.

The district profile gives the address as 1801 Panther Lane, Fort Pierce, FL 34947, with phone (772) 468-5400 and fax (772) 468-5465 (district school profile). The Census Bureau geocoder matches the address as 1801 PANTHER LN, FORT PIERCE, FL, 34947 and returns St. Lucie County, but no incorporated place, for the incorporated places layer requested (Census Bureau geocoder result).

The same profile lists the school in Board District 5 and the Green zone (district school profile). The Student Assignment page explains that elementary and middle schools are split into Green, Blue and Red zones, with the Green Zone north of Midway Road, and that high school students are assigned to their residential zone school based on zip code (district Student Assignment page).

Westwood's website describes the school as the only STEAM magnet high school on the Treasure Coast, with magnet programs in marine science, agriculture, robotics, game simulation, pharmacy technician and veterinary technician training.

The Westwood site lists these magnet programs: Marine & Oceanographic Academy, Agricultural Sciences, Agriculture Technical Operations, Applied Robotics & Engineering, Game Simulation Animation Programming, Pharmacy Technician and Veterinary Technician (school's district-hosted website). Its separate Career & Technical Education menu lists Commercial Art, Culinary Arts and Digital Media among its programs. The STEAM magnet description is the school's own statement on its home page.

Several Westwood programs carry their own description on the site. The site says students are given technical skill proficiency for education and careers in the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources career cluster; game and simulation, animation and programming covers recreational activities such as video games; and the Pharmacy Technician Program prepares students for employment as pharmacy technicians (school's district-hosted website). The site also says students can earn the Cambridge AICE Diploma, and that Marine & Oceanographic Academy students collaborate with FAU professors on hands-on marine science research.

Outside class, the site's Extra-Curricular menu lists Academic A Team, Band, Esports Club, JROTC, Key Club and National Honor Society, along with an Athletics section (school's district-hosted website). The district school directory places Westwood in two lists at once: among the high schools and among the magnet schools, alongside Creative Arts Academy of St. Lucie, Fairlawn Elementary, Frances K. Sweet Elementary, Lincoln Park Academy and Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies (district school directory).

A high school student seeking a Westwood magnet program applies through St. Lucie Public Schools Student Assignment, which takes magnet applications at its office and answers questions at (772) 429-3930.

The Student Assignment page says currently enrolled students do not have to complete an application for their zone school, and that high school students should only apply if they are applying for a Magnet program at Fort Pierce Westwood Academy: The WEST Prep Magnet or for an Attractor Program such as International Baccalaureate (IB), Emery Riddle Aeronautical (AERO) or Marine Oceanographic Academy (MOA) (district Student Assignment page). The page describes school assignment as a 2 step process, applying for a school and then registering, and lists the documents to upload with the online application, including an original birth certificate and proof of address.

For Westwood and the other magnets, the district school directory adds that magnet school applications are only available at the Student Assignment Office, and gives the same phone line, (772) 429-3930 (district school directory). Enrollment, lottery magnet and attractor program windows appear on the Student Assignment page, and families check that page for the current window (district Student Assignment page).

The district profile lists Westwood's hours as 7:33 a.m. to 1:41 p.m. for grades 9 to 12, with a capacity of 1832 students, while the school's own site header shows Monday to Friday, 7 AM to 2:30 PM.

The profile gives the general information block for Westwood: Hours 7:33 a.m. - 1:41 p.m., Grades 9-12, Capacity 1832, Mascot Panther and colors of maroon, grey and white (district school profile). The school's website header reads Monday to Friday, 7 AM to 2:30 PM (school's district-hosted website). The two pages give different times, and the site links a separate Bell Schedule document for the daily periods.

The school's site also notes that student ID badges are mandatory and must be worn from the first day of school, and links a parking information page, a dress code and a student handbook (school's district-hosted website). The district office is at 9461 Brandywine Lane, Port St. Lucie, FL 34986-2209, phone (772) 429-3600 (district school profile).

Last verified: October 22, 2026, with the Westwood row of the FLDOE 2025-26 grades workbook, the district profile, the school website, the Census geocoder match for 1801 Panther Lane and the district enrollment pages all re-read for this guide.