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Sand Creek High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7005 North Carefree Circle

Colorado Springs CO, 80922, El Paso County

Phone: 719-572-0924

Ranking:

(143 out of 304, top 47%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Falcon School District 49

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:	61		61		58		65		76		88		112
Total Students:	1,238		1,184		1,175		1,162		1,296		1,535		2,084
Grade 9:	315	25.4%	269	22.7%	289	24.6%	377	32.4%	305	23.5%	270	17.6%	538	25.8%
Grade 10:	284	22.9%	301	25.4%	360	30.6%	274	23.6%	266	20.5%	282	18.4%	534	25.6%
Grade 11:	293	23.7%	349	29.5%	272	23.1%	258	22.2%	265	20.4%	501	32.6%	523	25.1%
Grade 12:	346	27.9%	265	22.4%	254	21.6%	253	21.8%	460	35.5%	482	31.4%	489	23.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	639	51.6%	616	52.0%	589	50.1%	588	50.6%	629	48.5%	760	49.5%	1,043	50.0%
Female:	599	48.4%	568	48.0%	586	49.9%	574	49.4%	659	50.8%	767	50.0%	1,037	49.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	0.6%	11	0.9%	12	1.0%	16	1.4%	18	1.4%	23	1.5%	28	1.3%
Asian:	59	4.8%	62	5.2%	70	6.0%	84	7.2%	106	8.2%	123	8.0%	151	7.2%
Hispanic:	275	22.2%	253	21.4%	239	20.3%	252	21.7%	263	20.3%	272	17.7%	336	16.1%
Black:	149	12.0%	143	12.1%	139	11.8%	145	12.5%	166	12.8%	202	13.2%	274	13.1%
White:	662	53.5%	645	54.5%	657	55.9%	646	55.6%	743	57.3%	915	59.6%	1,295	62.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	6	0.5%	6	0.5%	8	0.7%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	79	6.4%	64	5.4%	50	4.3%	18	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	247	20.0%	227	19.2%	224	19.1%	208	17.9%	197	15.2%	163	10.6%	183	8.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	100	8.1%	77	6.5%	90	7.7%	72	6.2%	81	6.3%	86	5.6%	115	5.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.32		19.56		20.25		18.02		17.11		17.40		18.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	24	22	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	35	33	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	31	30	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	38	36	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	26	27	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	30	32	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	29	32	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	24	30	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	72	72	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	69	70	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	71	74	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	75	77	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	68	69	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	74	80	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	73	74	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	67	73	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	46	49	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	55	54	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	47	48	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	48	53	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	44	47	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	39	46	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	49	49	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	46	48	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	52	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	56	57	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	46	49	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	53	56	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	52	53	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	42	51	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	36	33	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	36	37	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	45	42	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	32	34	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	42	44	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	36	36	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	41	40	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	40	40	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	73	73	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	70	73	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	74	74	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	68	73	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	77	78	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	72	74	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	72	72	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	70	71	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	55	52	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	54	55	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	60	58	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	51	54	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	57	56	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	54	57	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	44	51	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	58	59	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	30.2	31.1	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	36.4	30.8	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	71.7	73.4	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	72.3	72.7	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	45.0	49.1	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	45.1	47.1	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	46.4	47.3	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	48.6	47.6	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	38.4	37.0	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	35.7	38.3	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	73.7	72.6	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	69.9	71.1	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	55.2	54	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	51.1	56.5	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	55.6%	59.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	44.4%	40.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	37.4%	35.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	62.6%	64.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,625.0	$39,864.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,976.0	$35,459.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,997.0	$42,333.0

* Sand Creek 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.