West Side Leadership Academy High School
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% | 61% |
| 2011 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 24.1% | 33.9% | 72.4% |
| 2012 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 14.4% | 27.6% | N/A |
| 2010 | Biology I | End of course | % met std | 6% | 5% | 37% |
| 2011 | Biology I | End of course | % met std | 5.8% | 8.5% | 46.9% |
| 2012 | Biology I | End of course | % met std | 0.5% | 4.8% | N/A |
| 2010 | English 10 | End of course | % met std | 37% | 27% | 63% |
| 2011 | English 10 | End of course | % met std | 28.7% | 28% | 71.9% |
| 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% | 68% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 55% | 35% | 68% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 34% | 27% | 67% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 40% | 31% | 68% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 35% | 30% | 67% |
| 2005 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 21% | 19% | 64% |
| 2006 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 38% | 20% | 64% |
| 2007 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 24% | 18% | 65% |
| 2008 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 32% | 24% | 66% |
| 2009 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 31% | 23% | 65% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 24% | 36% | 72% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.7% | 49.1% | 77% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 29.1% | 37.6% | 75% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 20% | 32% | 73% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 23.9% | 35.1% | 75% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.1% | 45.7% | 78% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 18.5% | 29.5% | 68% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 30.4% | 71% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 27% | 37% | 69% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 27.2% | 36.3% | 72% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 23.6% | 35.4% | 73% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 20% | 32% | 72% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.7% | 35.8% | 77% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 15.1% | 31.3% | 80% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 9th Grade | % met std | 47% | 34% | 66% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 9th Grade | % met std | 43% | 30% | 67% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 9th Grade | % met std | 37% | 30% | 68% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 9th Grade | % met std | 31% | 28% | 66% |
| 2005 | Math | 9th Grade | % met std | 36% | 24% | 68% |
| 2006 | Math | 9th Grade | % met std | 34% | 23% | 71% |
| 2007 | Math | 9th Grade | % met std | 29% | 20% | 67% |
| 2008 | Math | 9th Grade | % met std | 28% | 25% | 70% |
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.