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Southern Hills Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1500 Knox Dr

Boulder CO, 80305, Boulder County

Phone: 720-561-3400

Ranking:

(31 out of 1,246, top 2%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Boulder Valley School District RE-2

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:	29		30		30		29		30		30		29
Total Students:	550		542		535		546		538		496		487
Grade 6:	180	32.7%	177	32.7%	180	33.6%	168	30.8%	183	34.0%	182	36.7%	157	32.2%
Grade 7:	178	32.4%	187	34.5%	172	32.1%	188	34.4%	186	34.6%	162	32.7%	154	31.6%
Grade 8:	192	34.9%	178	32.8%	183	34.2%	190	34.8%	169	31.4%	152	30.6%	176	36.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	295	53.6%	303	55.9%	290	54.2%	296	54.2%	281	52.2%	272	54.8%	264	54.2%
Female:	255	46.4%	239	44.1%	245	45.8%	250	45.8%	249	46.3%	216	43.5%	219	45.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	3	0.6%	3	0.5%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%
Asian:	31	5.6%	29	5.4%	33	6.2%	41	7.5%	51	9.5%	43	8.7%	37	7.6%
Hispanic:	33	6.0%	42	7.7%	41	7.7%	43	7.9%	20	3.7%	17	3.4%	13	2.7%
Black:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	10	1.9%	9	1.8%	10	2.1%
White:	452	82.2%	437	80.6%	425	79.4%	423	77.5%	454	84.4%	425	85.7%	424	87.1%
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:	29	5.3%	28	5.2%	32	6.0%	35	6.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	21	3.8%	13	2.4%	20	3.7%	27	4.9%	21	3.9%	14	2.8%	12	2.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	5	0.9%	11	2.0%	4	0.7%	6	1.1%	4	0.7%	6	1.2%	1	0.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.78		18.13		18.02		18.51		18.07		16.60		16.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	77	68	53
2005	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	72	56
2006	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	71	56
2007	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	73	60
2008	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	74	61
2009	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	77	63
2010	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	74	62
2011	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	89	74	63
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	90	81	67
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	93	81	67
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	82	69
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	82	71
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	91	84	71
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	92	85	72
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	94	83	72
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	96	84	71
2004	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82	71	56
2005	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	74	59
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	84	71	59
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	72	60
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	72	59
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	86	74	60
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	80	70	57
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	87	75	62
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	72	60	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	76	63	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	73	63	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	69	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	81	62	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	85	70	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	85	65	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	85	68	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	93	81	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	87	78	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	86	78	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	95	80	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	92	80	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	92	82	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	91	82	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	92	79	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	85	70	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	77	69	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	80	71	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	90	73	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	89	73	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	87	76	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	84	73	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	84	73	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	62	62	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	75	65	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	72	63	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	74	63	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	89	65	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	81	67	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	82	68	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	70	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	78	82	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	93	80	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	87	80	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	89	78	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	92	82	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	91	80	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	93	83	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	92	83	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	80	70	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	75	69	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	72	65	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	78	69	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	64	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	82	65	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	81	67	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	87	70	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	17	62	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	79	69	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	74	66	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	81	67	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	88	70	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	70	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	87	70	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	84	71	55
TCAP
2012	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	89.8	77.6	61.3
2013	Math	6th Grade	% Proficient	92.6	75.9	62.0
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	92.1	84.2	73.1
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% Proficient	95.9	85.0	72.9
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	82.5	70.3	56.1
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% Proficient	89.7	73.3	57.6
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	89	70.7	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	87.9	72.9	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	95.1	81.6	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	92.3	80.6	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	93.9	76.9	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	89.1	74.9	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	85.4	69.5	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	91.3	67.9	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	91.8	81.8	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	94.7	80.6	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	83.2	66.5	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	90.7	68.0	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	82.1	69.4	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	92.5	71.5	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	36.0%	50.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	64.0%	50.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	19.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	96.0%	80.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$55,340.0	$52,059.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	$40,034.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,333.0	$54,922.0

* Southern Hills Middle School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.