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West High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

951 Elati St

Denver CO, 80204, Denver County

Phone: 720-423-5300

Ranking:

(300 out of 304, bottom 1%)*

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:	15		33		42		49		51		54		60
Total Students:	207		526		700		789		796		895		967
Grade 9:	2	1.0%	36	6.8%	176	25.1%	246	31.2%	278	34.9%	341	38.1%	252	26.1%
Grade 10:	15	7.2%	163	31.0%	181	25.9%	210	26.6%	195	24.5%	229	25.6%	235	24.3%
Grade 11:	102	49.3%	152	28.9%	177	25.3%	165	20.9%	141	17.7%	161	18.0%	201	20.8%
Grade 12:	88	42.5%	175	33.3%	166	23.7%	168	21.3%	182	22.9%	164	18.3%	279	28.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	109	52.7%	305	58.0%	358	51.1%	421	53.4%	418	52.5%	465	52.0%	545	56.4%
Female:	98	47.3%	221	42.0%	342	48.9%	368	46.6%	370	46.5%	422	47.2%	418	43.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.5%	8	1.5%	10	1.4%	10	1.3%	16	2.0%	17	1.9%	15	1.6%
Asian:	1	0.5%	2	0.4%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	10	1.3%	6	0.7%	7	0.7%
Hispanic:	189	91.3%	454	86.3%	611	87.3%	676	85.7%	687	86.3%	775	86.6%	848	87.7%
Black:	11	5.3%	39	7.4%	39	5.6%	43	5.4%	42	5.3%	48	5.4%	48	5.0%
White:	3	1.4%	20	3.8%	31	4.4%	47	6.0%	41	5.2%	49	5.5%	49	5.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	1.0%	2	0.4%	7	1.0%	11	1.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	179	86.5%	409	77.8%	577	82.4%	648	82.1%	616	77.4%	649	72.5%	739	76.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	7.2%	35	6.7%	34	4.9%	44	5.6%	62	7.8%	65	7.3%	80	8.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.73		16.05		16.57		16.15		15.54		16.60		16.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	2	9	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	4	13	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	2	15	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	4	14	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	4	15	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	2	15	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	3	17	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	3	18	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	28	38	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	29	40	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	20	44	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	27	42	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	29	46	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	32	51	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	36	50	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	27	49	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	6	23	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	10	23	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	9	26	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	8	29	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	11	27	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	13	28	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	18	28	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	17	27	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	12	29	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	13	28	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	11	28	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	13	31	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	9	30	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	10	30	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	3	11	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	3	12	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	6	17	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	7	17	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	6	19	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	3	17	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	5	21	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	8	22	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	26	39	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	18	35	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	22	41	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	22	40	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	23	43	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	30	45	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	27	48	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	24	45	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	16	28	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	9	24	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	10	27	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	9	27	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	9	28	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	10	30	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	11	28	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	12	31	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	4.5	21.1	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	4.6	24.5	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	38.1	52.2	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	35.8	57.1	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	16.1	32.1	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	11.9	36.7	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	10.3	34.1	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	11.0	35.6	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	4.3	24.9	37.4
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	33.1	50.1	67.3
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	17.2	33.5	51.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	45.6%	45.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	54.4%	51.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.1%	36.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	71.9%	63.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$51,344.0	$47,803.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,676.0	$38,306.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$55,897.0	$53,171.0

* West 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.