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Highland Park High High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2424 Se California Ave

Topeka KS, 66605, Shawnee County

Phone: 785-274-6000

Ranking:

(303 out of 308, bottom 2%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Topeka Public Schools Unified School District 501

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:	67		68		64		63		63		68		68
Total Students:	809		779		772		808		895		930		860
Grade 9:	216	26.7%	225	28.9%	169	21.9%	204	25.2%	208	23.2%	223	24.0%	206	24.0%
Grade 10:	221	27.3%	159	20.4%	191	24.7%	196	24.3%	208	23.2%	199	21.4%	256	29.8%
Grade 11:	145	17.9%	153	19.6%	177	22.9%	173	21.4%	207	23.1%	238	25.6%	241	28.0%
Grade 12:	140	17.3%	164	21.1%	173	22.4%	175	21.7%	200	22.3%	206	22.2%	157	18.3%
Ungraded:	87	10.8%	78	10.0%	62	8.0%	60	7.4%	72	8.0%	64	6.9%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	386	47.7%	373	47.9%	374	48.4%	401	49.6%	481	53.7%	442	47.5%	421	49.0%
Female:	423	52.3%	406	52.1%	398	51.6%	407	50.4%	414	46.3%	424	45.6%	388	45.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	20	2.5%	10	1.3%	14	1.8%	27	3.3%	19	2.1%	16	1.7%	15	1.7%
Asian:	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%
Hispanic:	261	32.3%	243	31.2%	236	30.6%	127	15.7%	204	22.8%	234	25.2%	218	25.3%
Black:	285	35.2%	278	35.7%	292	37.8%	343	42.5%	410	45.8%	351	37.7%	317	36.9%
White:	192	23.7%	208	26.7%	203	26.3%	289	35.8%	247	27.6%	270	29.0%	260	30.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	48	5.9%	38	4.9%	25	3.2%	20	2.5%	12	1.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	599	74.0%	563	72.3%	547	70.9%	562	69.6%	625	69.8%	588	63.2%	564	65.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	55	6.8%	95	12.2%	77	10.0%	80	9.9%	101	11.3%	105	11.3%	116	13.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.06		11.44		11.98		12.85		14.16		13.60		12.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
KS State Assessment
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	27.56%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	28.05%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	48.93%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.51%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	17.16%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.43%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.2%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.25%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.67%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.76%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.04%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.11%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.88%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.44%	N/A	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.54%	N/A	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.29%	N/A	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.25%	N/A	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	67.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	32.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	67.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,886.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,984.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,276.0

* Highland Park High 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.