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Rensselaer Junior/Senior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

25 Van Rensselaer Dr

Rensselaer NY, 12144, Rensselaer County

Phone: 518-436-8561

Ranking:

High School:

(535 out of 989, bottom 46%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(2,922 out of 3,424, bottom 15%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Rensselaer City School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	36		36		35		33		24		24		25
Total Students:	421		428		433		453		317		305		338
Grade 7:	89	21.1%	71	16.6%	83	19.2%	63	13.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	69	16.4%	83	19.4%	71	16.4%	79	17.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 9:	90	21.4%	79	18.5%	83	19.2%	85	18.8%	97	30.6%	75	24.6%	101	29.9%
Grade 10:	63	15.0%	74	17.3%	62	14.3%	92	20.3%	90	28.4%	88	28.9%	76	22.5%
Grade 11:	58	13.8%	51	11.9%	65	15.0%	60	13.2%	62	19.6%	62	20.3%	89	26.3%
Grade 12:	52	12.4%	70	16.4%	66	15.2%	71	15.7%	68	21.5%	80	26.2%	72	21.3%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	NA	NA	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	223	53.0%	227	53.0%	227	52.4%	241	53.2%	156	49.2%	144	47.2%	171	50.6%
Female:	198	47.0%	201	47.0%	206	47.6%	212	46.8%	139	43.8%	136	44.6%	163	48.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	1	0.3%	3	1.0%	3	0.9%
Asian:	44	10.5%	45	10.5%	42	9.7%	40	8.8%	23	7.3%	15	4.9%	12	3.6%
Hispanic:	30	7.1%	3	0.7%	24	5.5%	20	4.4%	16	5.0%	14	4.6%	10	3.0%
Black:	46	10.9%	62	14.5%	60	13.9%	46	10.2%	31	9.8%	28	9.2%	40	11.8%
White:	279	66.3%	315	73.6%	295	68.1%	314	69.3%	232	73.2%	228	74.8%	273	80.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	21	5.0%	2	0.5%	9	2.1%	31	6.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	166	39.4%	240	56.1%	356	82.2%	218	48.1%	109	34.4%	105	34.4%	116	34.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	27	6.4%	53	12.4%	74	17.1%	45	9.9%	34	10.7%	27	8.9%	41	12.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.74		11.88		12.36		13.90		13.20		12.50		13.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	30%	30%	48%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	28%	28%	53%
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	15.9%	15.9%	31.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	37%	36%	64%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	32%	32%	65%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	4.5%	4.5%	27.7%
2011	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	34%	34%	47%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	34%	33%	50%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	24.7%	24.7%	33.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23%	23%	60%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	18%	18%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	3.5%	3.5%	27.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	69%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	70%
Regents
2011	Algebra 2/Trigonometry	End of course	% met std	68%	68%	64%
2012	Algebra 2/Trigonometry	End of course	% met std	33%	33%	64%
2005	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	78%	78%	73%
2006	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	100%	100%	75%
2007	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	83%	83%	71%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	76%	76%	73%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	83%	83%	74%
2010	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	84%	84%	73%
2011	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	80%	80%	78%
2012	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	90%	90%	78%
2005	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	56%	56%	72%
2006	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	65%	65%	74%
2007	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	77%	77%	72%
2008	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	83%	83%	70%
2009	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	71%	71%	72%
2010	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	63%	63%	74%
2011	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	79%	79%	72%
2012	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	74%	74%	73%
2005	English	End of course	% met std	70%	70%	77%
2006	English	End of course	% met std	78%	78%	78%
2007	English	End of course	% met std	85%	85%	78%
2008	English	End of course	% met std	90%	90%	82%
2009	English	End of course	% met std	87%	87%	82%
2010	English	End of course	% met std	77%	77%	83%
2011	English	End of course	% met std	80%	80%	85%
2012	English	End of course	% met std	88%	88%	82%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	82%	82%	74%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	86%	86%	72%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	83%	83%	75%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	83%	83%	75%
2005	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	49%	49%	70%
2006	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	62%	62%	67%
2007	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	72%	72%	63%
2008	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	75%	75%	67%
2009	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	63%	63%	71%
2010	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	56%	56%	69%
2011	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	57%	57%	70%
2012	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	82%	82%	71%
2009	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	80%	83%	72%
2010	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	73%	76%	72%
2011	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	78%	78%	73%
2012	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	84%	84%	72%
2005	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	70%	70%	75%
2006	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	70%	70%	75%
2007	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	67%	67%	75%
2008	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	77%	77%	75%
2009	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	77%	77%	80%
2010	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	73%	73%	79%
2011	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	77%	77%	81%
2012	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	90%	90%	78%
2005	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	79%	79%	77%
2006	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	72%	72%	79%
2007	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	81%	81%	77%
2008	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	100%	100%	76%
2009	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	80%	80%	61%
2005	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	48%	48%	66%
2006	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	88%	88%	68%
2007	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	84%	84%	70%
2008	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	71%	71%	70%
2009	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	71%	71%	68%
2010	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	58%	58%	61%
2007	Physics	End of course	% met std	78%	78%	79%
2009	Physics	End of course	% met std	80%	80%	77%
2005	Spanish	End of course	% met std	89%	89%	96%
2006	Spanish	End of course	% met std	92%	92%	96%
2007	Spanish	End of course	% met std	100%	100%	97%
2008	Spanish	End of course	% met std	92%	92%	95%
2009	Spanish	End of course	% met std	100%	100%	96%
2010	Spanish	End of course	% met std	77%	77%	95%
2011	Spanish	End of course	% met std	97%	97%	94%
2005	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	63%	63%	76%
2006	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	86%	86%	79%
2007	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	79%	79%	79%
2008	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	91%	91%	83%
2009	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	82%	82%	80%
2010	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	79%	79%	83%
2011	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	73%	73%	80%
2012	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	87%	87%	79%

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* Rensselaer Junior/Senior High School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.