West Salem High School
1776 Titan Way Salem OR, 97304, Polk County Phone: 503-399-5533 Ranking:  (58 out of 279, top 21%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: Salem-Keizer School District 24J 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: | 68 | 72 | 69 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 80 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,676 | 1,735 | 1,722 | 1,744 | 1,679 | 1,704 | 1,621 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 437 | 26.1% | 444 | 25.6% | 441 | 25.6% | 441 | 25.3% | 480 | 28.6% | 436 | 25.6% | 439 | 27.1% |
| Grade 10: | 438 | 26.1% | 432 | 24.9% | 435 | 25.3% | 486 | 27.9% | 436 | 26.0% | 435 | 25.5% | 409 | 25.2% |
| Grade 11: | 414 | 24.7% | 415 | 23.9% | 445 | 25.8% | 426 | 24.4% | 404 | 24.1% | 392 | 23.0% | 439 | 27.1% |
| Grade 12: | 387 | 23.1% | 444 | 25.6% | 401 | 23.3% | 391 | 22.4% | 359 | 21.4% | 441 | 25.9% | 334 | 20.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 877 | 52.3% | 889 | 51.2% | 855 | 49.7% | 856 | 49.1% | 794 | 47.3% | 783 | 46.0% | 789 | 48.7% |
| Female: | 799 | 47.7% | 846 | 48.8% | 867 | 50.3% | 888 | 50.9% | 809 | 48.2% | 796 | 46.7% | 749 | 46.2% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 26 | 1.6% | 23 | 1.3% | 19 | 1.1% | 17 | 1.0% | 20 | 1.2% | 31 | 1.8% | 21 | 1.3% |
| Asian: | 54 | 3.2% | 59 | 3.4% | 62 | 3.6% | 66 | 3.8% | 82 | 4.9% | 70 | 4.1% | 70 | 4.3% |
| Hispanic: | 325 | 19.4% | 324 | 18.7% | 336 | 19.5% | 321 | 18.4% | 297 | 17.7% | 236 | 13.8% | 217 | 13.4% |
| Black: | 19 | 1.1% | 17 | 1.0% | 20 | 1.2% | 21 | 1.2% | 22 | 1.3% | 18 | 1.1% | 16 | 1.0% |
| White: | 1,151 | 68.7% | 1,203 | 69.3% | 1,167 | 67.8% | 1,208 | 69.3% | 1,190 | 70.9% | 1,232 | 72.3% | 1,218 | 75.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 11 | 0.7% | 13 | 0.7% | 18 | 1.0% | 11 | 0.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 90 | 5.4% | 96 | 5.5% | 100 | 5.8% | 100 | 5.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 541 | 32.3% | 553 | 31.9% | 556 | 32.3% | 554 | 31.8% | 541 | 32.2% | 491 | 28.8% | 348 | 21.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 112 | 6.7% | 95 | 5.5% | 108 | 6.3% | 109 | 6.3% | 143 | 8.5% | 149 | 8.7% | 91 | 5.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 24.64 | 24.08 | 24.96 | 21.99 | 20.99 | 21.00 | 20.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| OAKS | ||||||
| 2004 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 44% | 33.7% | 43.2% |
| 2005 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 36% | 46.6% |
| 2006 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 43.4% | 37.7% | 45% |
| 2007 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 51.4% | 55% |
| 2008 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 47.2% | 52% |
| 2009 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 46.5% | 54% |
| 2010 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 63% | 54.7% | 53.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 67% | 68% |
| 2012 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 65.4% | 66% |
| 2013 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 72.5% | 69% |
| 2004 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 50.3% | 41.3% | 50.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 47% | 53.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 51.1% | 55% |
| 2007 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 61.5% | 66% |
| 2008 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 61% | 65% |
| 2009 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 60.5% | 66% |
| 2010 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 77% | 66.3% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 91% | 81% | 83% |
| 2012 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 82.6% | 84% |
| 2013 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 84.2% | 85% |
| 2004 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 47.1% | 59.1% |
| 2005 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 52% | 60.5% |
| 2006 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 52.3% | 62% |
| 2008 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 47.5% | 57% |
| 2009 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 48.2% | 58% |
| 2010 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 54.2% | N/A |
| 2011 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 61% | 70% |
| 2012 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 56% | 64% |
| 2013 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 59.5% | 63% |
| 2004 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 45.3% | 48% |
| 2005 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 51.2% | 54.4% |
| 2006 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 54.3% | 55% |
| 2007 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 54.5% | 55% |
| 2008 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 59% | N/A |
| 2009 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 49.5% | 46.8% | 55% |
| 2010 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 60.2% | 50.9% | 53.1% |
| 2011 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 76% | 64.6% | 68% |
| 2012 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 57.8% | 67% |
| 2013 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 57.4% | 60% |
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* West Salem High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.