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Southwest Early College High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3001 South Federal Blvd

Denver CO, 80236, Denver County

Phone: 303-935-5473

Ranking:

(270 out of 304, bottom 11%)*

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:	13		14		11		14		15		17		15
Total Students:	293		324		295		314		334		369		400
Grade 9:	73	24.9%	111	34.3%	80	27.1%	77	24.5%	62	18.6%	88	23.8%	176	44.0%
Grade 10:	91	31.1%	85	26.2%	65	22.0%	73	23.2%	87	26.0%	138	37.4%	109	27.3%
Grade 11:	67	22.9%	61	18.8%	73	24.7%	73	23.2%	88	26.3%	90	24.4%	53	13.3%
Grade 12:	62	21.2%	67	20.7%	77	26.1%	91	29.0%	97	29.0%	53	14.4%	62	15.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	144	49.1%	156	48.1%	161	54.6%	177	56.4%	170	50.9%	181	49.1%	190	47.5%
Female:	149	50.9%	168	51.9%	134	45.4%	137	43.6%	156	46.7%	180	48.8%	206	51.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.7%	4	1.2%	3	1.0%	4	1.3%	4	1.2%	3	0.8%	7	1.8%
Asian:	2	0.7%	4	1.2%	4	1.4%	5	1.6%	11	3.3%	9	2.4%	8	2.0%
Hispanic:	271	92.5%	288	88.9%	252	85.4%	250	79.6%	244	73.1%	267	72.4%	288	72.0%
Black:	4	1.4%	6	1.9%	8	2.7%	12	3.8%	19	5.7%	18	4.9%	20	5.0%
White:	10	3.4%	19	5.9%	26	8.8%	39	12.4%	56	16.8%	72	19.5%	77	19.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.7%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.7%	2	0.6%	2	0.7%	4	1.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	200	68.3%	218	67.3%	202	68.5%	225	71.7%	217	65.0%	198	53.7%	206	51.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	18	6.1%	30	9.3%	31	10.5%	32	10.2%	42	12.6%	40	10.8%	53	13.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.15		23.95		26.62		22.40		22.40		21.60		26.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	9	14	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	17	15	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	12	15	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	11	17	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	15	18	32
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	48	42	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	67	46	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	57	51	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	57	50	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	49	49	66
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	25	23	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	29	26	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	34	29	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	20	27	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	28	28	48
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	31	28	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	35	28	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	38	31	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	24	30	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	24	30	47
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	14	17	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	15	19	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	7	17	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	25	21	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	15	22	38
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	49	40	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	43	43	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	40	45	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	47	48	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	37	45	66
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	31	27	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	27	28	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	26	30	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	24	28	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	16	31	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	12.9	21.1	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	9.6	24.5	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	48.4	52.2	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	49.3	57.1	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	21	32.1	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	24.7	36.7	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	21	34.1	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	23.3	35.6	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	13.2	24.9	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	15.0	25.4	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	39.8	50.1	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	51.6	51.0	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	24.1	33.5	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	31.2	37.6	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	46.2%	NA
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	53.8%	66.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	61.5%	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	38.5%	83.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$51,419.0	$46,790.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$46,141.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$59,864.0	$47,147.0

* Southwest Early College 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.