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West Side Leadership Academy High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

9th And Gerry St

Gary IN, 46406, Lake County

Phone: 219-977-2100

Ranking:

High School:

(344 out of 351, bottom 2%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,449 out of 1,449, bottom 0%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Gary Community School Corporation

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:	48		42		86		105		103		67		61
Total Students:	1,075		1,231		1,464		1,672		1,798		1,230		1,336
Grade 7:	113	10.5%	142	11.5%	149	10.2%	202	12.1%	238	13.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	137	12.7%	137	11.1%	200	13.7%	229	13.7%	237	13.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 9:	167	15.5%	178	14.5%	224	15.3%	298	17.8%	349	19.4%	317	25.8%	356	26.6%
Grade 10:	181	16.8%	214	17.4%	276	18.9%	348	20.8%	341	19.0%	328	26.7%	335	25.1%
Grade 11:	202	18.8%	261	21.2%	339	23.2%	309	18.5%	342	19.0%	296	24.1%	352	26.3%
Grade 12:	258	24.0%	299	24.3%	276	18.9%	286	17.1%	291	16.2%	289	23.5%	293	21.9%
Ungraded:	17	1.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	598	55.6%	659	53.5%	747	51.0%	840	50.2%	885	49.2%	538	43.7%	609	45.6%
Female:	477	44.4%	572	46.5%	717	49.0%	832	49.8%	899	50.0%	680	55.3%	719	53.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	3	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.1%
Hispanic:	15	1.4%	16	1.3%	14	1.0%	13	0.8%	16	0.9%	10	0.8%	14	1.0%
Black:	1,027	95.5%	1,169	95.0%	1,350	92.2%	1,519	90.8%	1,765	98.2%	1,210	98.4%	1,315	98.4%
White:	6	0.6%	9	0.7%	8	0.5%	6	0.4%	10	0.6%	3	0.2%	1	0.1%
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:	26	2.4%	34	2.8%	92	6.3%	133	8.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	710	66.0%	959	77.9%	1,002	68.4%	1,153	69.0%	1,104	61.4%	643	52.3%	685	51.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	34	3.2%	33	2.7%	43	2.9%	66	3.9%	45	2.5%	40	3.3%	46	3.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.40		29.31		17.11		15.87		17.46		18.40		21.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ECA
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	11%	17%	N/A
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	24.1%	33.9%	N/A
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	14.4%	27.6%	N/A
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	6%	5%	N/A
2011	Biology I	End of course	% met std	5.8%	8.5%	N/A
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	0.5%	4.8%	N/A
2010	English 10	End of course	% met std	37%	27%	N/A
2011	English 10	End of course	% met std	28.7%	28%	N/A
2012	English 10	End of course	% met std	51.4%	46.1%	N/A
ISTEP+
2005	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	40%	33%	N/A
2006	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	55%	35%	N/A
2007	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	34%	27%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	40%	31%	N/A
2009	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	35%	30%	N/A
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	21%	19%	N/A
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	38%	20%	N/A
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	24%	18%	N/A
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	32%	24%	N/A
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	31%	23%	N/A
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	24%	36%	N/A
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	35.7%	49.1%	N/A
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	29.1%	37.6%	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	20%	32%	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	23.9%	35.1%	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38.1%	45.7%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	18.5%	29.5%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	32.5%	30.4%	N/A
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	27%	37%	N/A
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	27.2%	36.3%	N/A
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	23.6%	35.4%	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	20%	32%	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.7%	35.8%	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	15.1%	31.3%	N/A
2005	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	47%	34%	N/A
2006	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	43%	30%	N/A
2007	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	37%	30%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	31%	28%	N/A
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	36%	24%	N/A
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	34%	23%	N/A
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	29%	20%	N/A
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	28%	25%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* West Side Leadership Academy High School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.