West High School
425 East Ridgeway Ave
Waterloo IA, 50702, Black Hawk County
Phone: 319-433-2700
Ranking: (162 out of 205, bottom 21%)*
Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Waterloo Community 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: | 97 | 100 | 95 | 93 | 104 | 100 | 102 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,588 | 1,600 | 1,576 | 1,599 | 1,604 | 1,672 | 1,735 | |||||||
Grade 9: | 437 | 27.5% | 482 | 30.1% | 465 | 29.5% | 486 | 30.4% | 466 | 29.1% | 515 | 30.8% | 503 | 29.0% |
Grade 10: | 428 | 27.0% | 455 | 28.4% | 431 | 27.3% | 399 | 25.0% | 434 | 27.1% | 389 | 23.3% | 411 | 23.7% |
Grade 11: | 399 | 25.1% | 367 | 22.9% | 329 | 20.9% | 361 | 22.6% | 360 | 22.4% | 348 | 20.8% | 396 | 22.8% |
Grade 12: | 324 | 20.4% | 296 | 18.5% | 351 | 22.3% | 353 | 22.1% | 344 | 21.4% | 420 | 25.1% | 425 | 24.5% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 815 | 51.3% | 796 | 49.8% | 754 | 47.8% | 777 | 48.6% | 795 | 49.6% | 850 | 50.8% | 911 | 52.5% |
Female: | 773 | 48.7% | 804 | 50.3% | 822 | 52.2% | 822 | 51.4% | 809 | 50.4% | 814 | 48.7% | 820 | 47.3% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 7 | 0.4% | 8 | 0.5% | 7 | 0.4% | 7 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% |
Asian: | 46 | 2.9% | 32 | 2.0% | 27 | 1.7% | 27 | 1.7% | 23 | 1.4% | 24 | 1.4% | 33 | 1.9% |
Hispanic: | 164 | 10.3% | 155 | 9.7% | 144 | 9.1% | 145 | 9.1% | 136 | 8.5% | 135 | 8.1% | 124 | 7.1% |
Black: | 248 | 15.6% | 289 | 18.1% | 310 | 19.7% | 310 | 19.4% | 339 | 21.1% | 322 | 19.3% | 298 | 17.2% |
White: | 1,033 | 65.1% | 1,055 | 65.9% | 1,039 | 65.9% | 1,083 | 67.7% | 1,096 | 68.3% | 1,188 | 71.1% | 1,277 | 73.6% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 12 | 0.8% | 6 | 0.4% | 8 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 78 | 4.9% | 55 | 3.4% | 41 | 2.6% | 25 | 1.6% | 3 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 619 | 39.0% | 691 | 43.2% | 647 | 41.1% | 623 | 39.0% | 499 | 31.1% | 501 | 30.0% | 402 | 23.2% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 111 | 7.0% | 160 | 10.0% | 158 | 10.0% | 190 | 11.9% | 115 | 7.2% | 117 | 7.0% | 160 | 9.2% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.33 | 16.00 | 16.61 | 17.28 | 15.47 | 16.70 | 17.10 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
IA | ||||||
2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.24% | 67.65% | 82.81% |
2013 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.92% | 68.17% | 82.19% |
2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.06% | 74.90% | 83.97% |
2013 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.31% | 78.96% | 83.26% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | 2006 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 57.7% | 64.0% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 39.7% | 36.0% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 16.0 years | 14.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 21.8% | 29.1% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 78.2% | 70.9% |
Mean Base Salary: | $43,982.0 | $40,645.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $32,109.0 | $30,509.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $47,291.0 | $44,798.0 |
* 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.