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Palisade High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3679 G Rd

Palisade CO, 81526, Mesa County

Phone: 970-254-4800

Ranking:

(147 out of 304, top 48%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Mesa County Valley School District 51

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:	54		52		53		58		57		59		55
Total Students:	1,054		1,021		1,010		1,003		1,028		1,001		964
Grade 9:	286	27.1%	265	26.0%	282	27.9%	272	27.1%	272	26.5%	278	27.8%	264	27.4%
Grade 10:	263	25.0%	282	27.6%	259	25.6%	246	24.5%	277	26.9%	258	25.8%	272	28.2%
Grade 11:	266	25.2%	252	24.7%	230	22.8%	256	25.5%	250	24.3%	260	26.0%	230	23.9%
Grade 12:	239	22.7%	222	21.7%	239	23.7%	229	22.8%	229	22.3%	205	20.5%	198	20.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	526	49.9%	500	49.0%	518	51.3%	527	52.5%	547	53.2%	519	51.8%	483	50.1%
Female:	528	50.1%	521	51.0%	492	48.7%	476	47.5%	473	46.0%	474	47.4%	477	49.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	0.7%	10	1.0%	13	1.3%	11	1.1%	9	0.9%	8	0.8%	15	1.6%
Asian:	8	0.8%	8	0.8%	10	1.0%	9	0.9%	12	1.2%	12	1.2%	7	0.7%
Hispanic:	253	24.0%	233	22.8%	227	22.5%	214	21.3%	209	20.3%	181	18.1%	179	18.6%
Black:	7	0.7%	9	0.9%	6	0.6%	12	1.2%	24	2.3%	20	2.0%	14	1.5%
White:	751	71.3%	720	70.5%	721	71.4%	747	74.5%	774	75.3%	780	77.9%	749	77.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	26	2.5%	40	3.9%	32	3.2%	10	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	342	32.4%	361	35.4%	337	33.4%	360	35.9%	426	41.4%	380	38.0%	324	33.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	89	8.4%	102	10.0%	107	10.6%	97	9.7%	70	6.8%	59	5.9%	85	8.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.61		19.54		18.90		17.39		17.97		17.00		17.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	14	26	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	26	30	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	21	27	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	32	33	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	30	27	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	30	26	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	32	28	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	36	31	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	52	67	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	60	68	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	66	68	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	74	76	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	69	70	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	73	72	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	69	71	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	72	70	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	42	45	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	46	50	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	42	47	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	54	53	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	52	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	59	56	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	36	51	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	50	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	42	49	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	55	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	46	47	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	50	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	48	48	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	53	50	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	28	33	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	26	31	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	39	38	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	31	32	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	38	36	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	32	33	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	40	38	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	46	35	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	63	71	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	57	66	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	66	71	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	67	71	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	74	71	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	64	68	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	73	73	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	71	69	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	52	59	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	44	53	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	45	56	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	44	51	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	46	51	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	49	52	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	48	50	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	60	51	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	38.6	29.1	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	36.5	31.2	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	74.2	70.8	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	72.3	71.3	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	63.7	58.0	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	61.4	59.0	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	54.6	48.1	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	50.5	50.0	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	43.4	33.3	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	42.2	36.3	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	73.7	69.6	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	70.2	68.8	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	52.3	50.2	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	60.1	57.2	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	52.1%	53.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.8%	44.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	12.5%	20.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	87.5%	80.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,533.0	$43,317.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,384.0	$30,238.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,555.0	$46,587.0

* Palisade 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.