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Ralston Valley Senior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

13355 West 80th Ave

Arvada CO, 80005, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-5600

Ranking:

(11 out of 304, top 4%)*

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:	85		79		77		90		82		78		76
Total Students:	1,748		1,723		1,675		1,666		1,675		1,624		1,604
Grade 9:	460	26.3%	458	26.6%	455	27.2%	425	25.5%	443	26.4%	426	26.2%	438	27.3%
Grade 10:	455	26.0%	452	26.2%	413	24.7%	428	25.7%	431	25.7%	428	26.4%	411	25.6%
Grade 11:	437	25.0%	409	23.7%	414	24.7%	410	24.6%	407	24.3%	410	25.2%	381	23.8%
Grade 12:	396	22.7%	404	23.4%	393	23.5%	403	24.2%	394	23.5%	360	22.2%	374	23.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	870	49.8%	878	51.0%	849	50.7%	842	50.5%	830	49.6%	786	48.4%	790	49.3%
Female:	878	50.2%	845	49.0%	826	49.3%	824	49.5%	837	50.0%	830	51.1%	810	50.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	0.4%	13	0.8%	8	0.5%	7	0.4%	13	0.8%	12	0.7%	14	0.9%
Asian:	43	2.5%	48	2.8%	40	2.4%	35	2.1%	46	2.7%	40	2.5%	28	1.7%
Hispanic:	207	11.8%	186	10.8%	179	10.7%	169	10.1%	122	7.3%	115	7.1%	112	7.0%
Black:	18	1.0%	16	0.9%	13	0.8%	11	0.7%	19	1.1%	12	0.7%	8	0.5%
White:	1,421	81.3%	1,409	81.8%	1,389	82.9%	1,395	83.7%	1,475	88.1%	1,445	89.0%	1,442	89.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	51	2.9%	51	3.0%	45	2.7%	47	2.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	114	6.5%	128	7.4%	87	5.2%	97	5.8%	86	5.1%	41	2.5%	53	3.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	57	3.3%	57	3.3%	54	3.2%	35	2.1%	38	2.3%	31	1.9%	18	1.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.61		21.76		21.64		18.47		20.33		20.80		21.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	44	35	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	47	38	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	52	38	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	39	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	57	41	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	64	40	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	61	38	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	65	42	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	82	72	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	83	70	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	85	70	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	87	74	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	86	72	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	90	76	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	87	71	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	86	71	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	65	53	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	73	58	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	70	54	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	73	57	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	71	52	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	75	57	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	68	57	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	66	55	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	68	54	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	71	58	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	69	54	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	70	56	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	71	53	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	64	52	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	50	42	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	55	41	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	63	47	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	58	45	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	70	48	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	74	45	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	70	50	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	69	47	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	84	74	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	86	72	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	87	72	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	87	73	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	87	74	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	89	75	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	88	73	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	86	72	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	72	61	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	73	59	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	75	58	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	73	57	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	71	56	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	76	59	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	70	56	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	75	59	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	67.3	41.6	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	67.8	42.7	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	87.8	71.4	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	89.0	74.8	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	79.7	54.5	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	82.2	58.8	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	74.1	52.3	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	67.8	53.5	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	69.0	42.7	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	71.2	46.4	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	86.8	72	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	87.3	72.4	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	72.3	55.8	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	75.3	59.4	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	30.0%	38.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	70.0%	61.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	31.4%	33.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	68.6%	66.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,040.0	$48,008.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,001.0	$33,110.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,558.0	$55,638.0

* Ralston Valley Senior 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.