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Mesa Ridge High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6070 Mesa Ridge Parkway

Colorado Springs CO, 80911, El Paso County

Phone: 719-391-3600

Ranking:

(189 out of 304, bottom 38%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Widefield School District 3

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:	67		66		67		68		69		71		70
Total Students:	1,330		1,308		1,281		1,293		1,257		1,255		1,230
Grade 9:	335	25.2%	355	27.1%	322	25.1%	335	25.9%	322	25.6%	328	26.1%	329	26.7%
Grade 10:	348	26.2%	315	24.1%	335	26.2%	318	24.6%	312	24.8%	332	26.5%	312	25.4%
Grade 11:	316	23.8%	329	25.2%	316	24.7%	310	24.0%	329	26.2%	293	23.3%	303	24.6%
Grade 12:	331	24.9%	309	23.6%	308	24.0%	330	25.5%	294	23.4%	302	24.1%	286	23.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	691	52.0%	650	49.7%	625	48.8%	657	50.8%	612	48.7%	610	48.6%	610	49.6%
Female:	639	48.0%	658	50.3%	656	51.2%	636	49.2%	637	50.7%	637	50.8%	616	50.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	18	1.4%	22	1.7%	20	1.6%	16	1.2%	16	1.3%	23	1.8%	18	1.5%
Asian:	16	1.2%	9	0.7%	9	0.7%	15	1.2%	60	4.8%	53	4.2%	45	3.7%
Hispanic:	321	24.1%	290	22.2%	273	21.3%	246	19.0%	209	16.6%	207	16.5%	199	16.2%
Black:	183	13.8%	168	12.8%	161	12.6%	187	14.5%	216	17.2%	219	17.5%	223	18.1%
White:	692	52.0%	715	54.7%	733	57.2%	757	58.5%	756	60.1%	753	60.0%	745	60.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	22	1.7%	19	1.5%	14	1.1%	16	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	78	5.9%	85	6.5%	71	5.5%	56	4.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	313	23.5%	367	28.1%	353	27.6%	342	26.5%	301	23.9%	6	0.5%	5	0.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	86	6.5%	94	7.2%	128	10.0%	123	9.5%	127	10.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.96		19.70		19.19		19.04		18.21		17.80		17.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	13	16	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	21	22	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	26	27	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	23	22	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	28	28	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	26	24	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	23	23	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	20	22	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	64	65	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	71	68	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	75	75	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	75	75	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	71	71	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	74	72	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	68	68	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	60	62	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	46	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	42	41	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	46	46	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	51	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	46	45	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	41	41	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	43	46	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	51	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	54	52	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	50	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	48	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	49	45	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	40	43	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	39	41	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	20	23	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	26	26	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	32	30	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	30	33	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	40	38	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	31	32	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	35	39	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	37	34	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	60	63	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	75	71	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	71	70	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	76	70	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	71	71	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	69	70	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	63	65	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	67	63	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	47	50	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	56	55	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	51	53	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	50	50	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	51	50	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	48	50	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	42	43	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	52	48	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	26.8	21.1	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	24.9	24.1	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	64.9	62.6	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	61.1	63.8	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	42.9	40.7	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	42.1	43.5	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	39.3	35.6	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	37.6	36.1	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	33.3	33.3	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	29.5	28.9	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	64.1	63.1	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	57.6	60.3	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	47.2	44.2	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	41.3	42.1	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	48.5%	53.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	51.5%	46.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	27.3%	35.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	72.7%	64.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,020.0	$42,835.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,511.0	$34,932.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,836.0	$47,269.0

* Mesa Ridge 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.