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Grand Junction High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1400 North 5th St

Grand Junction CO, 81501, Mesa County

Phone: 970-254-6900

Ranking:

(159 out of 304, bottom 48%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Mesa County Valley School District 51

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:	89		86		87		85		89		86		85
Total Students:	1,715		1,676		1,760		1,774		1,757		1,739		1,695
Grade 9:	461	26.9%	440	26.3%	450	25.6%	477	26.9%	460	26.2%	475	27.3%	491	29.0%
Grade 10:	436	25.4%	423	25.2%	466	26.5%	459	25.9%	465	26.5%	484	27.8%	445	26.3%
Grade 11:	399	23.3%	431	25.7%	431	24.5%	415	23.4%	448	25.5%	408	23.5%	419	24.7%
Grade 12:	419	24.4%	382	22.8%	413	23.5%	423	23.8%	384	21.9%	372	21.4%	340	20.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	891	52.0%	865	51.6%	865	49.1%	863	48.6%	867	49.3%	877	50.4%	853	50.3%
Female:	824	48.0%	811	48.4%	895	50.9%	911	51.4%	882	50.2%	854	49.1%	838	49.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	12	0.7%	17	1.0%	14	0.8%	16	0.9%	18	1.0%	16	0.9%	24	1.4%
Asian:	21	1.2%	17	1.0%	15	0.9%	17	1.0%	19	1.1%	17	1.0%	21	1.2%
Hispanic:	399	23.3%	368	22.0%	378	21.5%	347	19.6%	318	18.1%	288	16.6%	276	16.3%
Black:	17	1.0%	15	0.9%	21	1.2%	20	1.1%	30	1.7%	32	1.8%	19	1.1%
White:	1,208	70.4%	1,204	71.8%	1,276	72.5%	1,303	73.4%	1,372	78.1%	1,386	79.7%	1,355	79.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	58	3.4%	54	3.2%	55	3.1%	69	3.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	485	28.3%	534	31.9%	522	29.7%	515	29.0%	482	27.4%	425	24.4%	428	25.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	74	4.3%	120	7.2%	138	7.8%	127	7.2%	122	6.9%	92	5.3%	99	5.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.31		19.42		20.24		20.75		19.72		20.30		20.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	29	26	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	30	30	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	26	27	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	28	33	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	30	27	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	29	26	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	27	28	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	33	31	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	68	67	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	73	68	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	71	68	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	73	76	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	68	70	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	71	72	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	67	71	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	72	70	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	45	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	50	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	47	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	55	53	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	52	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	58	56	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	54	51	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	55	50	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	54	49	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	52	55	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	47	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	52	50	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	48	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	53	50	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	33	33	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	32	31	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	38	38	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	34	32	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	38	36	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	33	33	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	42	38	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	34	35	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	71	71	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	73	66	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	70	71	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	69	71	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	70	71	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	63	68	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	75	73	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	68	69	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	59	59	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	59	53	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	56	56	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	50	51	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	51	51	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	50	52	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	53	50	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	49	51	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	30.2	29.1	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	32.6	31.2	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	68.7	70.8	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	69.0	71.3	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	57.3	58.0	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	56.5	59.0	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	51.5	48.1	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	49.5	50.0	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	32.5	33.3	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	37.1	36.3	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	68.5	69.6	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	66.3	68.8	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	49.8	50.2	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	55.4	57.2	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	49.4%	52.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	50.6%	47.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	14.3%	15.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	85.7%	85.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,198.0	$45,086.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,454.0	$31,884.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,322.0	$47,416.0

* Grand Junction High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.