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High School Of Commerce

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

415 State St

Springfield MA, 01105, Hampden County

Phone: 413-787-7220

Ranking:

(293 out of 298, bottom 2%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Springfield School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	90		86		93		112		118		100		117
Total Students:	1,343		1,258		1,123		1,286		1,380		1,265		1,445
Grade 9:	603	44.9%	483	38.4%	416	37.0%	561	43.6%	658	47.7%	519	41.0%	565	39.1%
Grade 10:	333	24.8%	350	27.8%	298	26.5%	300	23.3%	297	21.5%	278	22.0%	328	22.7%
Grade 11:	228	17.0%	257	20.4%	229	20.4%	234	18.2%	240	17.4%	243	19.2%	320	22.1%
Grade 12:	157	11.7%	144	11.4%	156	13.9%	179	13.9%	182	13.2%	220	17.4%	231	16.0%
Ungraded:	22	1.6%	24	1.9%	24	2.1%	12	0.9%	3	0.2%	5	0.4%	1	0.1%
Student By Gender:
Male:	678	50.5%	646	51.4%	568	50.6%	662	51.5%	691	50.1%	603	47.7%	672	46.5%
Female:	665	49.5%	612	48.6%	555	49.4%	624	48.5%	689	49.9%	662	52.3%	723	50.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	25	1.9%	20	1.6%	12	1.1%	18	1.4%	20	1.4%	14	1.1%	13	0.9%
Hispanic:	882	65.7%	841	66.9%	735	65.4%	802	62.4%	826	59.9%	688	54.4%	761	52.7%
Black:	328	24.4%	285	22.7%	269	24.0%	330	25.7%	401	29.1%	416	32.9%	497	34.4%
White:	90	6.7%	97	7.7%	87	7.7%	110	8.6%	98	7.1%	112	8.9%	127	8.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	17	1.3%	14	1.1%	19	1.7%	24	1.9%	32	2.3%	33	2.6%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,021	76.0%	1,025	81.5%	905	80.6%	1,007	78.3%	1,011	73.3%	914	72.3%	963	66.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	61	4.5%	46	3.7%	31	2.8%	33	2.6%	52	3.8%	51	4.0%	88	6.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.91		14.71		12.12		11.52		11.74		12.70		12.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCAS
2003	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	24.4%	29.6%	61%
2004	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	35%	32%	62%
2005	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	28%	31%	65%
2006	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	29%	33%	70%
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	38%	36%	71%
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	40%	46%	74%
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	43%	50%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	37%	48%	78%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	48%	59%	84%
2012	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	52%	69%	88%
2013	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	65%	74%	91%
2003	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	11.7%	17.0%	51%
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	22%	23%	57%
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	20%	23%	62%
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	29%	29%	67%
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	31%	31%	69%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	22%	37%	72%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	28%	36%	75%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	26%	37%	75%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	25%	37%	74%
2012	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	24%	45%	78%
2013	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	28%	45%	80%
2008	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	12%	22%	57%
2009	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	17%	24%	61%
2010	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	17%	25%	65%
2011	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	16%	25%	67%
2012	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	13%	27%	69%
2013	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	6%	29%	71%
2007	Biology	End of course	% proficient	4%	11%	42%
2008	Biology	End of course	% proficient	15%	22%	55%
2009	Biology	End of course	% proficient	20%	20%	61%
2010	Biology	End of course	% proficient	14%	26%	63%
2011	Biology	End of course	% proficient	14%	28%	71%
2012	Biology	End of course	% proficient	13%	32%	72%
2013	Biology	End of course	% proficient	17%	30%	73%
2007	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	2%	3%	35%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	0%	3%	36%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	0%	0%	36%
2009	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	11%	8%	57%
2010	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	4%	15%	55%
2011	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	8%	19%	61%
2012	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	6%	23%	63%
2013	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	6%	19%	63%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

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