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Houston High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

12501 West Hawk Rd

Big Lake AK, 99652, Matanuska Susitna County

Phone: 907-892-9400

Ranking:

(32 out of 130, top 25%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Matanuska-Susitna Borough 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:	20		16		23		27		25		24		24
Total Students:	380		397		414		388		405		416		432
Grade 9:	114	30.0%	101	25.4%	100	24.2%	112	28.9%	125	30.9%	115	27.6%	112	25.9%
Grade 10:	105	27.6%	97	24.4%	119	28.7%	108	27.8%	104	25.7%	105	25.2%	104	24.1%
Grade 11:	73	19.2%	103	25.9%	110	26.6%	96	24.7%	86	21.2%	89	21.4%	125	28.9%
Grade 12:	88	23.2%	96	24.2%	85	20.5%	72	18.6%	90	22.2%	107	25.7%	91	21.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	211	55.5%	220	55.4%	237	57.2%	229	59.0%	212	52.3%	219	52.6%	223	51.6%
Female:	169	44.5%	177	44.6%	177	42.8%	159	41.0%	193	47.7%	197	47.4%	197	45.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	75	19.7%	84	21.2%	76	18.4%	53	13.7%	49	12.1%	54	13.0%	50	11.6%
Asian:	11	2.9%	8	2.0%	6	1.4%	2	0.5%	6	1.5%	7	1.7%	8	1.9%
Hispanic:	11	2.9%	7	1.8%	4	1.0%	7	1.8%	6	1.5%	11	2.6%	11	2.5%
Black:	5	1.3%	5	1.3%	10	2.4%	7	1.8%	5	1.2%	4	1.0%	3	0.7%
White:	270	71.1%	284	71.5%	311	75.1%	309	79.6%	330	81.5%	329	79.1%	352	81.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	8	2.1%	9	2.3%	6	1.4%	7	1.8%	3	0.7%	4	1.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	3	0.8%	6	1.5%	7	1.7%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	182	47.9%	188	47.4%	181	43.7%	160	41.2%	138	34.1%	117	28.1%	108	25.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	4.5%	23	5.8%	38	9.2%	36	9.3%	36	8.9%	46	11.1%	30	6.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.84		24.31		18.02		14.37		16.27		17.50		18.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSGQE
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	81.5%	80.2%	76.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	80.2%	83.7%	80.2%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	87.5%	82.3%	77.2%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	87.5%	82.3%	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	78.63%	83.97%	77.50%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	77.53%	83.10%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88.4%	89.9%	85.2%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.5%	94%	90%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92.8%	88.8%	84.2%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.1%	88.9%	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.91%	90.46%	84.20%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.76%	90.98%	N/A
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	78.9%	80.5%	76.3%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	89.4%	82.9%	78.8%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	81.6%	77.5%	74.3%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	74.5%	75%	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	72.88%	80.49%	74.40%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	57.30%	76.54%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	30%	32%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	52.2%	45.1%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	38.4%	31.9%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	32.14%	28.08%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	73.8%	63.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.25%	63.57%	N/A
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	50%	38.5%	34.9%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	52.9%	49.3%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	57.14%	52.55%	42.50%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	37.93%	40.95%	N/A
SBA
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	63.4%	63.6%	61.9%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	71.4%	72.5%	69.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	58.7%	62.8%	60.9%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	67.7%	70.7%	67.6%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	68.8%	65.2%	60.9%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	71.9%	66.6%	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	60.68%	66.23%	61.00%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	56.18%	70.46%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.9%	86.3%	81.2%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88%	88.9%	84.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.3%	86.2%	80.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.2%	88.6%	83%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88.7%	85.4%	79.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.2%	82.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.49%	86.70%	79.30%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.56%	85.56%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	68.3%	65.5%	60.2%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	53.3%	66%	62.9%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	68.4%	69.6%	64%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	63.6%	71.2%	N/A
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	51.26%	66.94%	62.80%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	64.04%	74.06%	N/A
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83.5%	79.1%	75.1%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	84.1%	81.4%	78.8%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	70.5%	78.2%	73.7%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	84%	80.5%	76.6%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	79.6%	78.3%	72.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	76.5%	78.1%	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	68.64%	78.14%	N/A
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	61.80%	79.63%	N/A
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	56%	54.8%	56.5%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	45.3%	53%	56.4%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	67.3%	64.5%	62.7%
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	68.6%	62.6%	63.1%
2009	Math	9th Grade	% met std	69.3%	64.7%	59.5%
2010	Math	9th Grade	% met std	78.7%	70.4%	63.7%
2011	Math	9th Grade	% met std	74.8%	68.5%	N/A
2012	Math	9th Grade	% met std	61.62%	73.18%	63.40%
2013	Math	9th Grade	% met std	65.66%	73.24%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	80.1%	78.8%	77.3%
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	70.5%	78.6%	76.3%
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	82.1%	85.3%	81.9%
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	78.3%	83.5%	82.2%
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87.3%	84.8%	79.2%
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85.1%	89.9%	83.6%
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87.9%	86.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87.88%	91.25%	83.60%
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	78.22%	89.04%	N/A
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	81%	73.5%	73%
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	64.2%	71.7%	72%
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	71.7%	77.1%	73.1%
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	68.9%	72.6%	72%
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	86.3%	79.7%	76%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	76.5%	81%	73.9%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	84.9%	81.3%	N/A
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	78.79%	83.68%	N/A
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	79.41%	83.19%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Houston High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.