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Wheat Ridge High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

9505 West 32nd Ave

Wheat Ridge CO, 80033, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-7695

Ranking:

(168 out of 304, bottom 45%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Jefferson County School District R-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:	82		72		69		70		67		69		72
Total Students:	1,308		1,308		1,333		1,321		1,276		1,275		1,359
Grade 9:	364	27.8%	371	28.4%	336	25.2%	376	28.5%	358	28.1%	350	27.5%	342	25.2%
Grade 10:	349	26.7%	317	24.2%	381	28.6%	345	26.1%	340	26.6%	332	26.0%	308	22.7%
Grade 11:	291	22.2%	343	26.2%	323	24.2%	304	23.0%	318	24.9%	288	22.6%	348	25.6%
Grade 12:	304	23.2%	277	21.2%	293	22.0%	296	22.4%	260	20.4%	305	23.9%	361	26.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	665	50.8%	670	51.2%	713	53.5%	715	54.1%	679	53.2%	636	49.9%	666	49.0%
Female:	643	49.2%	638	48.8%	620	46.5%	606	45.9%	589	46.2%	631	49.5%	689	50.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	11	0.8%	11	0.8%	11	0.8%	7	0.5%	17	1.3%	12	0.9%	15	1.1%
Asian:	17	1.3%	19	1.5%	15	1.1%	12	0.9%	30	2.4%	30	2.4%	30	2.2%
Hispanic:	476	36.4%	429	32.8%	411	30.8%	368	27.9%	297	23.3%	275	21.6%	253	18.6%
Black:	19	1.5%	15	1.1%	19	1.4%	14	1.1%	22	1.7%	22	1.7%	22	1.6%
White:	749	57.3%	793	60.6%	834	62.6%	881	66.7%	910	71.3%	936	73.4%	1,039	76.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	4	0.3%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	34	2.6%	39	3.0%	39	2.9%	37	2.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	486	37.2%	488	37.3%	435	32.6%	416	31.5%	351	27.5%	244	19.1%	264	19.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	129	9.9%	99	7.6%	129	9.7%	80	6.1%	80	6.3%	83	6.5%	87	6.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.03		18.28		19.26		18.93		18.93		18.60		18.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	24	35	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	35	38	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	32	38	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	30	39	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	34	41	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	29	40	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	27	38	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	31	42	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	64	72	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	66	70	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	65	70	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	66	74	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	71	72	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	67	76	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	52	71	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	68	71	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	46	53	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	58	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	55	54	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	42	57	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	40	52	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	57	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	48	57	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	55	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	54	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	48	58	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	53	54	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	44	56	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	39	53	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	52	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	36	42	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	39	41	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	41	47	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	37	45	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	38	48	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	33	45	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	40	50	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	44	47	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	67	74	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	73	72	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	67	72	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	68	73	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	69	74	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	65	75	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	63	73	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	71	72	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	56	61	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	58	59	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	51	58	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	50	57	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	45	56	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	46	59	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	49	56	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	53	59	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	38.0	41.6	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	30.6	42.7	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	70.9	71.4	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	72.4	74.8	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	48	54.5	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	50.6	58.8	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	48.8	52.3	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	43.7	53.5	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	31.8	42.7	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	34.6	46.4	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	67.7	72	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	65.0	72.4	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	43.7	55.8	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	50.3	59.4	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	36.8%	35.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	63.2%	64.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.4%	34.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.6%	65.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,723.0	$49,019.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,581.0	$36,117.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,782.0	$55,763.0

* Wheat Ridge 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.