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James Irwin Charter High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5525 Astrozon Blvd

Colorado Springs CO, 80916, El Paso County

Phone: 719-576-8055

Ranking:

(34 out of 304, top 11%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Harrison School District 2

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:	25		26		24		24		23		25		25
Total Students:	410		445		422		388		378		341		352
Grade 9:	119	29.0%	135	30.3%	128	30.3%	119	30.7%	131	34.7%	109	32.0%	125	35.5%
Grade 10:	109	26.6%	123	27.6%	116	27.5%	119	30.7%	96	25.4%	92	27.0%	97	27.6%
Grade 11:	94	22.9%	96	21.6%	107	25.4%	80	20.6%	81	21.4%	82	24.0%	70	19.9%
Grade 12:	88	21.5%	91	20.4%	71	16.8%	70	18.0%	70	18.5%	58	17.0%	60	17.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	188	45.9%	198	44.5%	170	40.3%	159	41.0%	153	40.5%	148	43.4%	157	44.6%
Female:	222	54.1%	247	55.5%	252	59.7%	229	59.0%	217	57.4%	185	54.3%	191	54.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	1.0%	9	2.0%	7	1.7%	10	2.6%	10	2.6%	6	1.8%	4	1.1%
Asian:	32	7.8%	36	8.1%	27	6.4%	25	6.4%	31	8.2%	28	8.2%	30	8.5%
Hispanic:	128	31.2%	130	29.2%	102	24.2%	88	22.7%	71	18.8%	62	18.2%	65	18.5%
Black:	51	12.4%	55	12.4%	58	13.7%	50	12.9%	47	12.4%	37	10.9%	33	9.4%
White:	186	45.4%	213	47.9%	227	53.8%	214	55.2%	219	57.9%	208	61.0%	220	62.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	1.7%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	107	26.1%	115	25.8%	99	23.5%	86	22.2%	45	11.9%	32	9.4%	29	8.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	5.9%	33	7.4%	41	9.7%	29	7.5%	32	8.5%	16	4.7%	10	2.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.61		17.32		17.34		15.99		16.10		13.90		14.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	43	11	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	42	13	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	54	17	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	55	17	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	55	17	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	54	17	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	41	15	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	44	21	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	91	54	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	97	50	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	93	57	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	92	59	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	91	57	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	95	58	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	91	57	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	83	60	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	68	30	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	74	34	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	78	31	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	77	35	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	69	31	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	65	37	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	74	35	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	91	35	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	82	38	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	83	42	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	84	35	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	83	40	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	75	37	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	66	41	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	42	14	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	47	18	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	56	23	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	45	20	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	48	21	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	36	19	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	56	26	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	45	24	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	87	53	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	69	54	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	91	56	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	87	58	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	88	52	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	88	57	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	88	57	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	76	56	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	73	39	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	81	42	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	77	42	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	79	40	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	66	35	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	77	41	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	70	41	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	69	44	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	51.3	23.1	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	42.1	25.0	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	86.5	63.2	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	92.1	68.2	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	68.5	37.1	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	61.8	48.5	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	73.9	45.4	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	66.6	45.9	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	45.2	26.6	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	57.5	31.9	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	83.9	66.1	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	81.3	60.8	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	69.3	50.4	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	74.3	47.4	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	81.0%	74.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	19.0%	25.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years	4.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	61.9%	70.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	38.1%	29.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$27,963.0	$27,593.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$27,307.0	$26,758.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$29,029.0	$29,577.0

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