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Brighton High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

270 South 8th Ave

Brighton CO, 80601, Adams County

Phone: 303-655-4200

Ranking:

(235 out of 304, bottom 23%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Brighton School District 27J

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	77		69		71		70		77		79		79
Total Students:	1,843		1,788		1,653		1,647		1,532		1,485		1,502
Grade 9:	510	27.7%	461	25.8%	425	25.7%	537	32.6%	488	31.9%	441	29.7%	435	29.0%
Grade 10:	475	25.8%	419	23.4%	496	30.0%	440	26.7%	365	23.8%	395	26.6%	374	24.9%
Grade 11:	386	20.9%	458	25.6%	413	25.0%	315	19.1%	349	22.8%	326	22.0%	317	21.1%
Grade 12:	472	25.6%	450	25.2%	319	19.3%	355	21.6%	330	21.5%	323	21.8%	376	25.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	953	51.7%	890	49.8%	840	50.8%	818	49.7%	785	51.2%	737	49.6%	741	49.3%
Female:	890	48.3%	898	50.2%	813	49.2%	829	50.3%	739	48.2%	740	49.8%	757	50.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	16	0.9%	16	0.9%	10	0.6%	9	0.5%	11	0.7%	6	0.4%	6	0.4%
Asian:	20	1.1%	25	1.4%	20	1.2%	25	1.5%	28	1.8%	28	1.9%	40	2.7%
Hispanic:	948	51.4%	909	50.8%	816	49.4%	797	48.4%	699	45.6%	662	44.6%	629	41.9%
Black:	13	0.7%	11	0.6%	10	0.6%	13	0.8%	20	1.3%	19	1.3%	23	1.5%
White:	814	44.2%	796	44.5%	769	46.5%	781	47.4%	774	50.5%	770	51.9%	804	53.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	0.2%	5	0.3%	6	0.4%	3	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	28	1.5%	26	1.5%	22	1.3%	19	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	306	16.6%	298	16.7%	314	19.0%	208	12.6%	243	15.9%	26	1.8%	52	3.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	47	2.6%	74	4.1%	38	2.3%	19	1.2%	59	3.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	23.87		26.08		23.39		23.67		19.78		18.70		19.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	9	9	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	13	12	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	13	12	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	18	13	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	19	16	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	20	17	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	21	18	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	17	17	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	49	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	59	56	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	59	58	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	60	55	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	62	55	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	66	61	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	52	51	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	58	54	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	31	31	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	39	34	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	38	31	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	37	37	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	35	31	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	40	38	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	34	32	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	32	29	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	37	36	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	38	31	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	39	34	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	34	34	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	34	33	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	33	33	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	15	14	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	18	16	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	24	21	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	27	22	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	26	20	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	23	20	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	24	23	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	26	22	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	57	54	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	55	53	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	59	55	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	57	52	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	54	46	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	57	53	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	58	53	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	60	54	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	37	34	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	36	35	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	39	35	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	41	35	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	34	27	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	37	33	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	37	33	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	44	39	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	20.9	18.0	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	21.3	22.1	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	61.6	59.0	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	61.8	63.0	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	42.8	38.8	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	42.7	39.2	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	37.5	35.1	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	36.2	37.9	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	27.4	29.5	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	31.4	29.6	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	56.3	61	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	63.0	62.5	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	35.3	39.2	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	46.7	46.4	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	48.8%	49.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	51.3%	48.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	21.3%	32.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	78.8%	67.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$50,912.0	$48,910.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,289.0	$34,102.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,588.0	$55,962.0

* Brighton High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.