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West High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1700 Hillcrest Dr

Anchorage AK, 99517, Anchorage County

Phone: 907-742-2500

Ranking:

(55 out of 130, top 42%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Anchorage 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:	88		85		85		86		89		87		87
Total Students:	1,842		1,841		1,840		1,836		1,835		1,801		1,849
Grade 9:	542	29.4%	528	28.7%	537	29.2%	508	27.7%	500	27.2%	474	26.3%	486	26.3%
Grade 10:	473	25.7%	497	27.0%	480	26.1%	489	26.6%	449	24.5%	435	24.2%	526	28.4%
Grade 11:	443	24.0%	434	23.6%	432	23.5%	431	23.5%	429	23.4%	476	26.4%	434	23.5%
Grade 12:	384	20.8%	382	20.7%	391	21.3%	408	22.2%	457	24.9%	416	23.1%	403	21.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	862	46.8%	867	47.1%	871	47.3%	916	49.9%	947	51.6%	921	51.1%	849	45.9%
Female:	980	53.2%	974	52.9%	969	52.7%	920	50.1%	888	48.4%	880	48.9%	786	42.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	166	9.0%	163	8.9%	179	9.7%	176	9.6%	180	9.8%	147	8.2%	154	8.3%
Asian:	265	14.4%	253	13.7%	269	14.6%	264	14.4%	279	15.2%	217	12.0%	300	16.2%
Hispanic:	268	14.5%	253	13.7%	239	13.0%	249	13.6%	230	12.5%	231	12.8%	244	13.2%
Black:	134	7.3%	136	7.4%	138	7.5%	129	7.0%	133	7.2%	125	6.9%	125	6.8%
White:	657	35.7%	694	37.7%	693	37.7%	705	38.4%	694	37.8%	744	41.3%	816	44.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	136	7.4%	135	7.3%	120	6.5%	111	6.0%	115	6.3%	118	6.6%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	216	11.7%	207	11.2%	202	11.0%	202	11.0%	204	11.1%	219	12.2%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	889	48.3%	675	36.7%	748	40.7%	695	37.9%	601	32.8%	493	27.4%	427	23.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	145	7.9%	98	5.3%	108	5.9%	127	6.9%	115	6.3%	97	5.4%	112	6.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.91		21.75		21.61		21.46		20.57		20.70		21.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSGQE
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	74.3%	80.6%	76.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	76.2%	82.5%	80.2%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	74.9%	78.9%	77.2%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	67.4%	76.1%	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	73.78%	79.63%	77.50%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	71.37%	76.36%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.8%	87.3%	85.2%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87%	91.6%	90%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.4%	83.9%	84.2%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78.5%	83.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.85%	83.99%	84.20%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.74%	84.09%	N/A
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	71.7%	79%	76.3%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	75.4%	80.2%	78.8%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	72.7%	75%	74.3%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	67.1%	73.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	73.02%	74.93%	74.40%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	70.09%	73.62%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	22.2%	33.4%	32%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35.6%	47.4%	45.1%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	22%	32.6%	31.9%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	19%	33.6%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	32.86%	38.54%	39.20%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	18.55%	26.56%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	34.8%	44%	47.2%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.5%	67.6%	63.6%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	26.5%	50.9%	48.1%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	40.5%	54.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	35.00%	44.65%	48.40%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44.33%	49.76%	N/A
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42.5%	35.4%	34.9%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	46.5%	53%	49.3%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	32.8%	39.7%	40.9%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	31.4%	50.7%	N/A
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	32.26%	39.33%	42.50%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	40.54%	38.95%	N/A
2008	Math	12th Grade	% met std	19%	36.6%	33.7%
2009	Math	12th Grade	% met std	32.7%	38.5%	39%
2010	Math	12th Grade	% met std	16.7%	28.8%	29.2%
2011	Math	12th Grade	% met std	13.5%	26.9%	N/A
2012	Math	12th Grade	% met std	23.33%	33.99%	34.70%
2013	Math	12th Grade	% met std	19.40%	26.38%	N/A
2008	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	31.3%	51.4%	49.4%
2009	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	46.4%	56.5%	57.5%
2010	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	43.5%	51.3%	46%
2011	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	40.9%	50%	N/A
2012	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	31.58%	39.33%	42.50%
2013	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	41.86%	45.97%	N/A
2008	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	25%	44.5%	61%
2009	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	54.5%	59.5%	68.4%
2010	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	20%	38.7%	42.1%
2011	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	36.4%	43.2%	N/A
2012	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	30.77%	37.68%	37.10%
2013	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	24.14%	35.94%	N/A
SBA
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	61.3%	66.3%	61.9%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	65.4%	72.7%	69.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	58.8%	65.9%	60.9%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	66.4%	71.1%	67.6%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	57.9%	64%	60.9%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	53.5%	64.7%	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	59.40%	64.23%	61.00%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	59.19%	65.20%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78.4%	83%	81.2%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.1%	86%	84.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.4%	82.9%	80.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.6%	84.7%	83%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.8%	80.1%	79.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	67.3%	75%	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.70%	79.13%	79.30%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.34%	75.98%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	59.1%	62.5%	60.2%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	63.7%	67.9%	62.9%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	61.3%	67.1%	64%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	61.7%	68.9%	N/A
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	58.45%	66.34%	62.80%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	64.79%	68.91%	N/A
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	73%	78%	75.1%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	77.1%	80.3%	78.8%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	71%	76.6%	73.7%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	72.2%	78.8%	76.6%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	70.3%	74.6%	72.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	68%	75.3%	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	70.70%	73.47%	N/A
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	72.65%	74.92%	N/A
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	58.3%	62.7%	56.5%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	58.8%	61.4%	56.4%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	64.9%	69.6%	62.7%
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	66.4%	70.2%	63.1%
2009	Math	9th Grade	% met std	54.9%	62.7%	59.5%
2010	Math	9th Grade	% met std	58.1%	66.1%	63.7%
2011	Math	9th Grade	% met std	54.9%	60.6%	N/A
2012	Math	9th Grade	% met std	57.41%	64.71%	63.40%
2013	Math	9th Grade	% met std	61.33%	65.58%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	76%	80.3%	77.3%
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	74.3%	78.7%	76.3%
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	82.2%	85.3%	81.9%
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	82.4%	86.6%	82.2%
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	73.7%	80.7%	79.2%
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	79.3%	85.2%	83.6%
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	77.7%	82.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	79.29%	83.77%	83.60%
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	81.16%	83.09%	N/A
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	73.5%	77.4%	73%
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	76.3%	75.6%	72%
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	70.7%	76.6%	73.1%
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	71.8%	77.3%	72%
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	71.7%	78.4%	76%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	66.4%	75.5%	73.9%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	72.8%	75.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	67.76%	75.01%	N/A
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	72.50%	77.21%	N/A

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* West 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.