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Montezuma-Cortez High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

206 West 7th St

Cortez CO, 81321, Montezuma County

Phone: 970-565-3722

Ranking:

(241 out of 304, bottom 21%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1

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:	39		42		42		48		50		51		46
Total Students:	698		670		679		721		760		827		831
Grade 9:	191	27.4%	191	28.5%	201	29.6%	158	21.9%	188	24.7%	200	24.2%	291	35.0%
Grade 10:	185	26.5%	180	26.9%	134	19.7%	167	23.2%	188	24.7%	239	28.9%	179	21.5%
Grade 11:	165	23.6%	116	17.3%	156	23.0%	167	23.2%	203	26.7%	182	22.0%	194	23.3%
Grade 12:	157	22.5%	183	27.3%	188	27.7%	229	31.8%	181	23.8%	206	24.9%	167	20.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	356	51.0%	353	52.7%	336	49.5%	355	49.2%	393	51.7%	409	49.5%	402	48.4%
Female:	342	49.0%	317	47.3%	343	50.5%	366	50.8%	359	47.2%	410	49.6%	425	51.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	175	25.1%	171	25.5%	159	23.4%	156	21.6%	186	24.5%	220	26.6%	205	24.7%
Asian:	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	6	0.7%	6	0.7%
Hispanic:	134	19.2%	126	18.8%	117	17.2%	114	15.8%	98	12.9%	97	11.7%	83	10.0%
Black:	2	0.3%	6	0.9%	6	0.9%	6	0.8%	5	0.7%	4	0.5%	4	0.5%
White:	354	50.7%	335	50.0%	370	54.5%	417	57.8%	468	61.6%	500	60.5%	533	64.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	30	4.3%	29	4.3%	24	3.5%	25	3.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	257	36.8%	206	30.7%	231	34.0%	274	38.0%	246	32.4%	248	30.0%	220	26.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	63	9.0%	80	11.9%	49	7.2%	75	10.4%	66	8.7%	56	6.8%	60	7.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.73		16.04		16.25		14.91		15.14		16.20		18.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	12	11	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	17	15	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	16	15	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	17	16	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	14	12	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	13	13	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	17	15	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	16	13	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	47	46	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	47	45	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	66	65	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	60	57	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	60	56	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	55	54	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	63	58	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	57	53	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	41	39	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	34	32	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	32	30	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	39	38	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	39	36	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	31	30	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	28	26	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	25	23	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	42	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	38	36	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	37	34	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	33	32	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	38	34	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	34	30	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	23	22	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	21	20	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	26	26	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	20	19	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	21	20	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	18	17	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	25	23	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	28	26	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	53	52	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	60	59	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	59	58	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	53	51	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	55	54	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	55	56	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	61	57	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	50	50	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	39	38	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	42	41	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	35	34	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	26	26	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	39	38	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	38	37	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	37	34	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	34	32	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	22.0	19.7	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	24.4	22.3	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	59.5	54.8	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	58.3	54.9	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	43.9	38.6	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	36.9	34.2	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	39.0	35.1	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	38.7	37.5	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	29.6	28.0	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	27.6	25.7	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	54.4	53.1	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	50.6	48.1	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	36.8	35.4	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	36.0	33.5	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	39.6%	43.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	60.4%	56.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	20.8%	16.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	79.2%	83.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,127.0	$38,706.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,494.0	$29,225.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,650.0	$40,603.0

* Montezuma-Cortez 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.