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South High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1700 East Louisiana Ave

Denver CO, 80210, Denver County

Phone: 720-423-6000

Ranking:

(280 out of 304, bottom 8%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Denver County School District 1

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	77		82		75		73		73		72		69
Total Students:	1,370		1,316		1,313		1,359		1,392		1,376		1,407
Grade 9:	488	35.6%	468	35.6%	394	30.0%	397	29.2%	496	35.6%	483	35.1%	355	25.2%
Grade 10:	372	27.2%	296	22.5%	303	23.1%	404	29.7%	351	25.2%	321	23.3%	404	28.7%
Grade 11:	267	19.5%	268	20.4%	299	22.8%	306	22.5%	236	17.0%	321	23.3%	355	25.2%
Grade 12:	243	17.7%	284	21.6%	317	24.1%	252	18.5%	309	22.2%	251	18.2%	293	20.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	698	50.9%	690	52.4%	697	53.1%	687	50.6%	709	50.9%	697	50.7%	753	53.5%
Female:	672	49.1%	626	47.6%	616	46.9%	672	49.4%	675	48.5%	671	48.8%	650	46.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	11	0.8%	8	0.6%	6	0.5%	7	0.5%	17	1.2%	16	1.2%	18	1.3%
Asian:	223	16.3%	238	18.1%	231	17.6%	219	16.1%	173	12.4%	104	7.6%	89	6.3%
Hispanic:	420	30.7%	402	30.5%	425	32.4%	474	34.9%	472	33.9%	524	38.1%	554	39.4%
Black:	330	24.1%	302	22.9%	315	24.0%	297	21.9%	335	24.1%	313	22.7%	327	23.2%
White:	343	25.0%	329	25.0%	303	23.1%	322	23.7%	395	28.4%	419	30.5%	419	29.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.1%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	2	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	41	3.0%	35	2.7%	32	2.4%	38	2.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	925	67.5%	872	66.3%	896	68.2%	882	64.9%	871	62.6%	720	52.3%	745	52.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	67	4.9%	63	4.8%	69	5.3%	90	6.6%	111	8.0%	89	6.5%	115	8.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.85		16.14		17.57		18.55		19.00		19.10		20.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	12	9	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	10	13	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	12	15	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	12	14	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	11	15	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	12	15	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	12	17	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	12	18	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	39	38	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	38	40	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	44	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	41	42	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	35	46	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	38	51	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	39	50	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	34	49	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	22	23	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	20	23	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	23	26	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	20	29	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	19	27	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	19	28	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	25	28	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	26	27	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	23	29	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	27	28	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	22	28	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	22	31	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	21	30	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	21	30	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	11	11	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	8	12	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	16	17	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	12	17	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	14	19	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	13	17	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	15	21	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	12	22	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	31	39	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	38	35	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	39	41	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	32	40	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	28	43	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	35	45	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	32	48	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	30	45	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	21	28	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	27	24	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	26	27	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	21	27	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	18	28	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	22	30	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	20	28	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	19	31	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	12.2	21.1	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	17.1	24.5	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	35.3	52.2	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	43.1	57.1	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	23.9	32.1	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	26.1	36.7	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	25.0	34.1	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	28.5	35.6	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	15.6	24.9	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	21.1	25.4	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	38.6	50.1	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	46.8	51.0	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	24.2	33.5	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	33.7	37.6	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	39.2%	35.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	60.8%	64.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.3%	30.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	74.7%	69.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,959.0	$49,146.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,293.0	$41,207.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,575.0	$52,675.0

* South 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.