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Palmer High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1170 West Arctic Ave

Palmer AK, 99645, Matanuska Susitna County

Phone: 907-746-8400

Ranking:

(17 out of 130, top 13%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District

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:	38		33		43		45		46		49		45
Total Students:	794		763		805		774		798		902		903
Grade 9:	206	25.9%	218	28.6%	206	25.6%	236	30.5%	193	24.2%	260	28.8%	210	23.3%
Grade 10:	213	26.8%	176	23.1%	227	28.2%	172	22.2%	226	28.3%	197	21.8%	262	29.0%
Grade 11:	172	21.7%	212	27.8%	168	20.9%	224	28.9%	208	26.1%	256	28.4%	249	27.6%
Grade 12:	203	25.6%	157	20.6%	204	25.3%	142	18.3%	171	21.4%	189	21.0%	182	20.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	432	54.4%	405	53.1%	421	52.3%	411	53.1%	390	48.9%	458	50.8%	451	49.9%
Female:	362	45.6%	358	46.9%	384	47.7%	363	46.9%	408	51.1%	444	49.2%	427	47.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	126	15.9%	111	14.5%	105	13.0%	112	14.5%	88	11.0%	94	10.4%	93	10.3%
Asian:	22	2.8%	25	3.3%	23	2.9%	27	3.5%	12	1.5%	19	2.1%	21	2.3%
Hispanic:	19	2.4%	27	3.5%	23	2.9%	6	0.8%	16	2.0%	14	1.6%	19	2.1%
Black:	21	2.6%	15	2.0%	15	1.9%	19	2.5%	11	1.4%	16	1.8%	24	2.7%
White:	596	75.1%	574	75.2%	630	78.3%	598	77.3%	653	81.8%	741	82.2%	725	80.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	10	1.3%	11	1.4%	9	1.1%	11	1.4%	5	0.6%	2	0.2%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	13	1.6%	16	1.8%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	193	24.3%	177	23.2%	163	20.2%	154	19.9%	146	18.3%	137	15.2%	145	16.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	47	5.9%	55	7.2%	51	6.3%	38	4.9%	36	4.5%	48	5.3%	58	6.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.91		23.47		18.73		17.20		17.35		18.60		20.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSGQE
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	84.6%	80.2%	76.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	82.6%	83.7%	80.2%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85.4%	82.3%	77.2%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	86.98%	83.97%	77.50%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	88.27%	83.10%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.1%	89.9%	85.2%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	90%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94%	88.8%	84.2%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.3%	88.9%	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.58%	90.46%	84.20%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94.44%	90.98%	N/A
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83%	80.5%	76.3%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.9%	78.8%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.1%	77.5%	74.3%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	79.4%	75%	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	85.05%	80.49%	74.40%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	84.47%	76.54%	N/A
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50%	52.2%	45.1%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	23.1%	38.4%	31.9%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.8%	43%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.73%	50.77%	39.20%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	23.81%	28.08%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60%	73.8%	63.6%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	55.7%	48.1%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70%	69.1%	N/A
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42.11%	63.57%	N/A
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	38.5%	34.9%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	52.9%	49.3%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	28.6%	46.5%	40.9%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	57.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	57.14%	52.55%	42.50%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	33.33%	40.95%	N/A
2011	Math	12th Grade	% met std	50%	44.7%	N/A
2012	Math	12th Grade	% met std	70.00%	46.15%	34.70%
SBA
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	69.7%	63.6%	61.9%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	77.3%	72.5%	69.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	73.8%	62.8%	60.9%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	73.4%	70.7%	67.6%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	73.7%	65.2%	60.9%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	68.3%	66.6%	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	68.84%	66.23%	61.00%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	77.78%	70.46%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88.2%	86.3%	81.2%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92.5%	88.9%	84.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.4%	86.2%	80.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.1%	88.6%	83%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91%	85.4%	79.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.8%	82.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.83%	86.70%	79.30%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.12%	85.56%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	77.9%	65.5%	60.2%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	75.1%	66%	62.9%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	81%	69.6%	64%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	76.9%	71.2%	N/A
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	74.27%	66.94%	62.80%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	77.71%	74.06%	N/A
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.7%	79.1%	75.1%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.5%	81.4%	78.8%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83.9%	78.2%	73.7%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83.5%	80.5%	76.6%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.6%	78.3%	72.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	80.6%	78.1%	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.71%	78.14%	N/A
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	85.71%	79.63%	N/A
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	47.8%	54.8%	56.5%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	57%	53%	56.4%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	69.7%	64.5%	62.7%
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	67.9%	62.6%	63.1%
2009	Math	9th Grade	% met std	73.4%	64.7%	59.5%
2010	Math	9th Grade	% met std	71.1%	70.4%	63.7%
2011	Math	9th Grade	% met std	72.7%	68.5%	N/A
2012	Math	9th Grade	% met std	74.30%	73.18%	63.40%
2013	Math	9th Grade	% met std	74.89%	73.24%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	73.7%	78.8%	77.3%
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	80.8%	78.6%	76.3%
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85.1%	85.3%	81.9%
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	84.7%	83.5%	82.2%
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	84.7%	84.8%	79.2%
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	91.1%	89.9%	83.6%
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	89.4%	86.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	92.82%	91.25%	83.60%
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85.91%	89.04%	N/A
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	67.9%	73.5%	73%
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	80.7%	71.7%	72%
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	79%	77.1%	73.1%
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	76.8%	72.6%	72%
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	81.3%	79.7%	76%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	85.9%	81%	73.9%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81.3%	N/A
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	87.85%	83.68%	N/A
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	80.45%	83.19%	N/A

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* Palmer 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.