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South Anchorage High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

13400 Elmore Rd

Anchorage AK, 99516, Anchorage County

Phone: 907-742-6200

Ranking:

(3 out of 130, top 2%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Anchorage 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:	70		69		73		75		76		79		77
Total Students:	1,448		1,454		1,545		1,528		1,643		1,730		1,785
Grade 9:	387	26.7%	374	25.7%	403	26.1%	366	24.0%	384	23.4%	434	25.1%	451	25.3%
Grade 10:	368	25.4%	392	27.0%	360	23.3%	371	24.3%	429	26.1%	447	25.8%	432	24.2%
Grade 11:	371	25.6%	334	23.0%	386	25.0%	400	26.2%	413	25.1%	432	25.0%	434	24.3%
Grade 12:	322	22.2%	354	24.3%	396	25.6%	391	25.6%	417	25.4%	417	24.1%	468	26.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	760	52.5%	775	53.3%	822	53.2%	805	52.7%	862	52.5%	897	51.8%	879	49.2%
Female:	688	47.5%	679	46.7%	723	46.8%	723	47.3%	781	47.5%	833	48.2%	830	46.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	80	5.5%	63	4.3%	68	4.4%	72	4.7%	86	5.2%	99	5.7%	92	5.2%
Asian:	106	7.3%	109	7.5%	115	7.4%	111	7.3%	117	7.1%	112	6.5%	116	6.5%
Hispanic:	125	8.6%	106	7.3%	114	7.4%	108	7.1%	112	6.8%	116	6.7%	99	5.5%
Black:	27	1.9%	31	2.1%	31	2.0%	31	2.0%	28	1.7%	27	1.6%	34	1.9%
White:	991	68.4%	1,042	71.7%	1,121	72.6%	1,118	73.2%	1,207	73.5%	1,289	74.5%	1,372	76.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	10	0.7%	14	1.0%	12	0.8%	11	0.7%	8	0.5%	12	0.7%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	109	7.5%	89	6.1%	84	5.4%	77	5.0%	85	5.2%	75	4.3%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	220	15.2%	158	10.9%	146	9.4%	117	7.7%	122	7.4%	118	6.8%	0	0.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	34	2.3%	18	1.2%	21	1.4%	34	2.2%	22	1.3%	14	0.8%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.66		21.14		21.03		20.28		21.76		21.80		23.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSGQE
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	92.5%	80.6%	76.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	92.3%	82.5%	80.2%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	92.1%	78.9%	77.2%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	87.1%	76.1%	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	91.16%	79.63%	77.50%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	90.65%	76.36%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	95.7%	87.3%	85.2%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	95.1%	91.6%	90%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	95.3%	83.9%	84.2%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92.3%	83.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92.99%	83.99%	84.20%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94.17%	84.09%	N/A
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	91.4%	79%	76.3%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	89.3%	80.2%	78.8%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	86.5%	75%	74.3%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	85.8%	73.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	86.81%	74.93%	74.40%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	86.97%	73.62%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.6%	33.4%	32%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48%	47.4%	45.1%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.4%	32.6%	31.9%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40%	33.6%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.73%	38.54%	39.20%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.00%	26.56%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	54.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.62%	44.65%	48.40%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.35%	49.76%	N/A
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	50%	35.4%	34.9%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	52.6%	53%	49.3%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75%	39.7%	40.9%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.4%	50.7%	N/A
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	60.00%	39.33%	42.50%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42.86%	38.95%	N/A
2008	Math	12th Grade	% met std	57.1%	36.6%	33.7%
2009	Math	12th Grade	% met std	50%	38.5%	39%
2011	Math	12th Grade	% met std	66.7%	26.9%	N/A
2013	Math	12th Grade	% met std	55.56%	26.38%	N/A
2008	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	50%	51.4%	49.4%
2013	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	33.33%	45.97%	N/A
SBA
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	86.8%	66.3%	61.9%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	90.8%	72.7%	69.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	84.4%	65.9%	60.9%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	82.9%	71.1%	67.6%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	81.7%	64%	60.9%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	80.3%	64.7%	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	81.10%	64.23%	61.00%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	82.44%	65.20%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	95.1%	83%	81.2%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	95.5%	86%	84.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.8%	82.9%	80.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91.5%	84.7%	83%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.8%	80.1%	79.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86%	75%	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.24%	79.13%	79.30%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88.33%	75.98%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	79.5%	62.5%	60.2%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	80.3%	67.9%	62.9%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	85.8%	67.1%	64%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	78.9%	68.9%	N/A
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	81.16%	66.34%	62.80%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	81.22%	68.91%	N/A
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	93.2%	78%	75.1%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	94.1%	80.3%	78.8%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	90.9%	76.6%	73.7%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	88.8%	78.8%	76.6%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.2%	74.6%	72.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	86.6%	75.3%	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	84.97%	73.47%	N/A
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.25%	74.92%	N/A
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	83.4%	62.7%	56.5%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	82.2%	61.4%	56.4%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	88.1%	69.6%	62.7%
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	84.8%	70.2%	63.1%
2009	Math	9th Grade	% met std	78.7%	62.7%	59.5%
2010	Math	9th Grade	% met std	80.6%	66.1%	63.7%
2011	Math	9th Grade	% met std	76%	60.6%	N/A
2012	Math	9th Grade	% met std	81.68%	64.71%	63.40%
2013	Math	9th Grade	% met std	81.94%	65.58%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	91%	80.3%	77.3%
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	90.6%	78.7%	76.3%
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	94.4%	85.3%	81.9%
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	94.9%	86.6%	82.2%
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	92.6%	80.7%	79.2%
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	92.9%	85.2%	83.6%
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	92.8%	82.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	92.23%	83.77%	83.60%
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	92.48%	83.09%	N/A
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.6%	77.4%	73%
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	87.8%	75.6%	72%
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	92.6%	76.6%	73.1%
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	92.4%	77.3%	72%
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.2%	78.4%	76%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	88.7%	75.5%	73.9%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	87.5%	75.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	88.48%	75.01%	N/A
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.78%	77.21%	N/A

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* South Anchorage 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.