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Independence High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

850 Independence Rd

Coal City WV, 25823, Raleigh County

Phone: 304-683-3228

Ranking:

(74 out of 111, bottom 33%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Raleigh County School District

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:	47		50		49		53		48		48		48
Total Students:	658		667		657		687		709		760		760
Grade 9:	163	24.8%	192	28.8%	190	28.9%	190	27.7%	173	24.4%	200	26.3%	221	29.1%
Grade 10:	178	27.1%	173	25.9%	167	25.4%	153	22.3%	168	23.7%	193	25.4%	198	26.1%
Grade 11:	166	25.2%	154	23.1%	144	21.9%	160	23.3%	184	26.0%	184	24.2%	187	24.6%
Grade 12:	151	22.9%	148	22.2%	156	23.7%	184	26.8%	184	26.0%	183	24.1%	154	20.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	355	54.0%	358	53.7%	346	52.7%	355	51.7%	378	53.3%	392	51.6%	386	50.8%
Female:	303	46.0%	309	46.3%	311	47.3%	332	48.3%	331	46.7%	360	47.4%	370	48.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%
Asian:	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.4%
Hispanic:	5	0.8%	3	0.4%	4	0.6%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%
Black:	10	1.5%	9	1.3%	11	1.7%	12	1.7%	19	2.7%	26	3.4%	24	3.2%
White:	639	97.1%	652	97.8%	641	97.6%	672	97.8%	687	96.9%	730	96.1%	727	95.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	273	41.5%	256	38.4%	243	37.0%	267	38.9%	284	40.1%	318	41.8%	326	42.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	74	11.2%	51	7.6%	49	7.5%	44	6.4%	64	9.0%	60	7.9%	61	8.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.15		13.47		13.55		13.06		14.77		15.80		15.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
WESTEST 2
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50.82	54.87	54
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	31.54	37.22	39
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	31.69	44.8	42
2012	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	42.67	50.9	42
2009	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	56.11	53.85	47
2010	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.02	53.79	43
2011	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.45	51.36	47
2012	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	44.23	55.48	47
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	70.11	66.75	60
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	47.29	49.06	44
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	37.58	43.91	44
2012	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	38.41	48.02	44
2009	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	47.15	55	59
2010	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	31.21	41.37	41
2011	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.56	48.17	44
2012	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	35.33	53.97	44
2009	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	59.88	57.14	52
2010	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.69	43.17	35
2011	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.41	49.67	44
2012	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	35.07	49.04	44
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	64.86	62.02	63
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.33	35.23	33
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	30.93	36.97	37
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	28.57	36.48	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50.56	66.25	61
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	30.18	39.22	36
2011	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	42.1	49.02	39
2012	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	36	43.64	39
2009	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.71	53.38	47
2010	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	37.34	45.95	40
2011	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	42.44	54.36	47
2012	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	41.04	52.35	47
2009	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	52.07	54.71	52
2010	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	25.65	29.02	30
2011	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	27.87	39.32	35
2012	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	21.6	30.15	35
2009	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	52.35	58.15	52
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	38.06	41.27	36
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	35.54	44.97	38
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	30.06	39.11	38

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* Independence 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.