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William Smith High School

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400 Airport Blvd

Aurora CO, 80011, Adams County

Phone: 303-364-8715

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J

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:	26		24		22		25		22		21		22
Total Students:	299		308		282		269		266		246		198
Grade 9:	70	23.4%	75	24.4%	65	23.0%	66	24.5%	61	22.9%	72	29.3%	47	23.7%
Grade 10:	74	24.7%	74	24.0%	69	24.5%	67	24.9%	72	27.1%	61	24.8%	52	26.3%
Grade 11:	71	23.7%	71	23.1%	69	24.5%	66	24.5%	59	22.2%	51	20.7%	40	20.2%
Grade 12:	84	28.1%	88	28.6%	79	28.0%	70	26.0%	74	27.8%	62	25.2%	59	29.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	151	50.5%	153	49.7%	132	46.8%	127	47.2%	108	40.6%	97	39.4%	81	40.9%
Female:	148	49.5%	155	50.3%	150	53.2%	142	52.8%	150	56.4%	141	57.3%	113	57.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.7%	2	0.6%	3	1.1%	5	1.9%	6	2.3%	5	2.0%	1	0.5%
Asian:	10	3.3%	11	3.6%	9	3.2%	9	3.3%	12	4.5%	5	2.0%	9	4.5%
Hispanic:	136	45.5%	139	45.1%	118	41.8%	104	38.7%	78	29.3%	72	29.3%	53	26.8%
Black:	49	16.4%	46	14.9%	46	16.3%	41	15.2%	51	19.2%	52	21.1%	51	25.8%
White:	93	31.1%	97	31.5%	90	31.9%	94	34.9%	119	44.7%	112	45.5%	84	42.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.7%	2	0.6%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	2.3%	11	3.6%	14	5.0%	14	5.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	140	46.8%	138	44.8%	121	42.9%	114	42.4%	91	34.2%	84	34.1%	73	36.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	5.0%	23	7.5%	25	8.9%	17	6.3%	15	5.6%	14	5.7%	23	11.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.51		12.73		12.70		10.61		12.28		11.90		9.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	4	11	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	2	12	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	0	10	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	0	11	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	4	9	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	22	13	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	19	14	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	24	15	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	37	43	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	43	44	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	33	46	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	35	44	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	34	44	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	62	46	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	55	42	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	44	43	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	16	23	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	0	25	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	9	23	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	30	25	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	29	25	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	28	25	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	17	31	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	15	30	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	9	27	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	6	25	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	17	20	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	47	25	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	23	19	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	25	25	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	3	13	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	4	13	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	3	18	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	3	14	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	35	20	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	28	21	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	31	23	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	30	23	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	30	44	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	37	45	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	47	43	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	47	43	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	55	43	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	56	47	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	56	46	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	75	47	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	6	30	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	22	30	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	16	26	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	20	22	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	37	26	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	38	27	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	29	26	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	47	29	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	25	17.9	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	14.4	20.3	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	77.9	51.2	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	47.8	51.5	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	33.9	28.3	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	28.9	29.9	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	33.9	25.7	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	30.4	26.5	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	29.4	23.6	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	26.3	22.0	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	53.0	48.1	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	52.8	50.1	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	42.6	31.2	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	45.9	34.2	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	28.6%	36.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	47.6%	45.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	14.3%	36.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	85.7%	63.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$53,069.0	$51,078.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,502.0	$38,358.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,997.0	$58,347.0