report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 356th in the nation among participating public high schools and 30th among schools in New Jersey. In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 25th in New Jersey and 865th nationwide. Westfield was listed in 29th place nationwide in Newsweek's 2014 listing of the Top High Schools in America, after finishing in 691st place nationwide in Newsweek 's May 8, 2006, issue, listing the Top 1,200 High Schools in the United States. The school has an award-winning Theatre Department. In 2014, New Jersey Insider ranked Westfield High School #1 in Union County for Academics and the Arts. Courses Westfield High School offers a comprehensive program of some 165 different courses and 17 Advanced Placement (AP) classes. Some of these classes include business, fine arts, music, and practical arts. Advanced Placement classes are available in AP English Literature and Composition, AP English Language and Composition, AP Spanish Literature, AP French Language, AP Latin Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science AB, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics I, AP United States History, AP United States Government and Politics, AP European History, and AP Psychology. Extracurricular activities 80% of the students participate in co-curricular activities, including 60 different co-curricular activities and 27 varsity athletic teams. The school's marching band won the USBands Group V A national championship in 2015 with their program The Caged Bird Sings. The band finished second at the 2021 New Jersey Marching Band Directors Association State Championships with the program "Swipe Up". Student publications The Westfield High School students produce a number of different publications, including the weekly Hi's Eye student newspaper which is run by four editors, and the Iris magazine. The newspaper maintains its independence through subscriptions, community sponsors, independent fundraising and advertising. Since 1983, Westfield High School students have operated a public-access television cable TV station producing award-winning live and single-camera productions. In addition, the literary magazine Folio, the Weather Vane yearbook, and original theatre scripts are also produced by the students. Hi's Eye Hi's Eye is the student-run weekly newspaper at Westfield High School and is New Jersey's only weekly uncensored student newspaper, and one of the few uncensored school publications in the entire country. Hi's Eye has an editorial staff of Print Journalism seniors