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St. James High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5181 Wildcat St

Saint James LA, 70086, Saint James County

Phone: 225-265-3911

Ranking:

High School:

(127 out of 276, top 46%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(670 out of 947, bottom 29%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: St. James Parish School District

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:	60		60		62		59		73		65		58
Total Students:	656		666		629		636		666		708		700
Grade 7:	125	19.1%	150	22.5%	132	21.0%	113	17.8%	128	19.2%	140	19.8%	145	20.7%
Grade 8:	140	21.3%	130	19.5%	97	15.4%	104	16.4%	115	17.3%	135	19.1%	133	19.0%
Grade 9:	122	18.6%	93	14.0%	109	17.3%	131	20.6%	143	21.5%	127	17.9%	121	17.3%
Grade 10:	85	13.0%	98	14.7%	105	16.7%	104	16.4%	99	14.9%	120	16.9%	102	14.6%
Grade 11:	91	13.9%	103	15.5%	102	16.2%	93	14.6%	95	14.3%	89	12.6%	110	15.7%
Grade 12:	93	14.2%	92	13.8%	84	13.4%	91	14.3%	86	12.9%	97	13.7%	89	12.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	328	50.0%	330	49.5%	311	49.4%	311	48.9%	335	50.3%	361	51.0%	375	53.6%
Female:	328	50.0%	336	50.5%	318	50.6%	325	51.1%	323	48.5%	339	47.9%	321	45.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	4	0.6%	6	0.9%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%	6	0.9%	3	0.4%	4	0.6%
Black:	521	79.4%	521	78.2%	493	78.4%	508	79.9%	530	79.6%	588	83.1%	586	83.7%
White:	126	19.2%	133	20.0%	127	20.2%	122	19.2%	130	19.5%	117	16.5%	109	15.6%
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:	5	0.8%	6	0.9%	5	0.8%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	483	73.6%	457	68.6%	451	71.7%	446	70.1%	428	64.3%	503	71.0%	450	64.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	31	4.7%	36	5.4%	29	4.6%	29	4.6%	32	4.8%	52	7.3%	40	5.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.86		11.06		10.08		10.86		9.09		10.90		12.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
GEE
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	57%	63%	56%
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	65%	68%	58%
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	54%	58%	62%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	61%	62%	63%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	44%	54%	57%
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	84%	82%	64%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	95%	86%	65%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	55%	59%	59%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	88%	79%	69%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	81%	76%	65%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	58%	63%	60%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	66%	63%	56%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	44%	52%	55%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	49%	59%	60%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	53%	59%	62%
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	65%	67%	64%
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	65%	66%	62%
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	38%	47%	58%
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	47%	63%	65%
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	49%	55%	63%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59%	64%	64%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	54%	65%	66%
iLEAP
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	51%	57%	59%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	59%	57%	61%
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	62%	65%	62%
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	55%	60%	68%
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	65%	69%	69%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	69%
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	65%	68%	69%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65%	61%	59%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59%	61%	55%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67%	68%	63%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61%	65%	68%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56%	67%	67%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	70%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54%	65%	69%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	52%	53%	53%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	48%	52%	53%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	45%	55%	59%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	49%	54%	61%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	62%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69%	68%	64%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	50%	54%	62%
2007	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	48%	56%	59%
2008	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	45%	56%	60%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	49%	60%	65%
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	65%	61%	67%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	76%	65%	65%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	88%	73%	66%
2013	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	76%	62%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	49%	58%	57%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	41%	50%	57%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	54%	58%	62%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	48%	56%	67%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	63%	67%	69%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	55%	61%	55%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	54%	59%	58%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	55%	59%	59%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	48%	58%	64%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	66%	71%	66%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	39%	52%	54%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48%	54%	53%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44%	52%	55%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37%	44%	61%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63%	61%	64%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	43%	50%	55%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	46%	48%	53%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	38%	47%	58%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	67%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	66%	64%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	59%	70%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	63%	65%	62%
2009	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	65%
2010	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	51%	59%	64%
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	77%	74%	57%
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	61%
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	72%	70%	64%
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	65%	69%	65%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	66.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	31.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	38.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	61.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,185.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,075.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,165.0

* St. James High School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.