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Sterling High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

407 West Broadway

Sterling CO, 80751, Logan County

Phone: 970-522-2944

Ranking:

(153 out of 304, bottom 50%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Valley School District RE-1

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:	33		37		34		35		35		35		35
Total Students:	570		583		594		612		648		639		653
Grade 9:	151	26.5%	156	26.8%	159	26.8%	146	23.9%	169	26.1%	172	26.9%	171	26.2%
Grade 10:	153	26.8%	154	26.4%	139	23.4%	155	25.3%	160	24.7%	156	24.4%	192	29.4%
Grade 11:	154	27.0%	131	22.5%	150	25.3%	155	25.3%	159	24.5%	173	27.1%	146	22.4%
Grade 12:	112	19.6%	142	24.4%	146	24.6%	156	25.5%	160	24.7%	138	21.6%	144	22.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	289	50.7%	288	49.4%	298	50.2%	311	50.8%	344	53.1%	331	51.8%	335	51.3%
Female:	281	49.3%	295	50.6%	296	49.8%	301	49.2%	296	45.7%	300	46.9%	314	48.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	6	1.0%	12	1.9%	9	1.4%	7	1.1%
Asian:	4	0.7%	6	1.0%	5	0.8%	2	0.3%	8	1.2%	6	0.9%	3	0.5%
Hispanic:	151	26.5%	150	25.7%	157	26.4%	142	23.2%	106	16.4%	107	16.7%	105	16.1%
Black:	6	1.1%	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	10	1.5%	11	1.7%	6	0.9%
White:	392	68.8%	406	69.6%	410	69.0%	446	72.9%	512	79.0%	506	79.2%	532	81.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	15	2.6%	15	2.6%	16	2.7%	10	1.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	209	36.7%	182	31.2%	173	29.1%	176	28.8%	157	24.2%	152	23.8%	124	19.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	60	10.5%	50	8.6%	52	8.8%	58	9.5%	48	7.4%	49	7.7%	59	9.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.25		15.95		17.46		17.68		18.26		18.10		18.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	22	23	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	30	28	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	20	20	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	34	38	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	24	26	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	32	31	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	28	27	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	31	29	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	70	68	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	72	69	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	66	68	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	83	83	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	62	61	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	73	73	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	68	69	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	70	71	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	44	47	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	52	55	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	49	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	59	59	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	55	56	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	48	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	46	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	46	42	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	37	38	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	62	61	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	48	48	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	50	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	53	54	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	52	53	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	35	34	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	26	25	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	37	38	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	39	40	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	37	35	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	38	37	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	34	32	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	38	38	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	76	76	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	68	67	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	76	75	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	65	64	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	74	76	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	72	72	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	68	68	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	67	71	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	60	59	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	49	48	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	55	55	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	51	50	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	53	53	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	56	55	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	52	50	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	54	59	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	29.1	32.7	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	35.8	35.8	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	75.4	75.9	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	70.8	71.2	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	39.5	46.6	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	48.4	50.0	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	49.3	52.8	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	47.7	49.4	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	37.8	35.9	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	39.1	40.8	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	73.7	71.9	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	76.8	77.5	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	54.5	53.1	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	61.6	64.4	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	45.2%	54.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	54.8%	45.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	12.9%	18.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	87.1%	81.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$31,445.0	$37,418.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$23,270.0	$28,628.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$32,656.0	$39,371.0

* Sterling 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.