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West Valley High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

3800 Geist Rd

Fairbanks AK, 99709, Fairbanks North Star County

Phone: 907-479-4221

Ranking:

(16 out of 130, top 12%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Fairbanks North Star Borough 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:	54		56		59		57		60		63		62
Total Students:	969		1,024		1,040		1,073		1,087		1,106		1,203
Grade 9:	287	29.6%	245	23.9%	265	25.5%	274	25.5%	302	27.8%	269	24.3%	303	25.2%
Grade 10:	234	24.1%	261	25.5%	258	24.8%	292	27.2%	264	24.3%	283	25.6%	319	26.5%
Grade 11:	247	25.5%	284	27.7%	298	28.7%	305	28.4%	293	27.0%	282	25.5%	310	25.8%
Grade 12:	201	20.7%	234	22.9%	219	21.1%	202	18.8%	228	21.0%	272	24.6%	271	22.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	513	52.9%	527	51.5%	512	49.2%	525	48.9%	525	48.3%	550	49.7%	604	50.2%
Female:	456	47.1%	497	48.5%	528	50.8%	548	51.1%	562	51.7%	556	50.3%	595	49.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	131	13.5%	136	13.3%	122	11.7%	128	11.9%	160	14.7%	111	10.0%	144	12.0%
Asian:	35	3.6%	40	3.9%	43	4.1%	44	4.1%	58	5.3%	38	3.4%	71	5.9%
Hispanic:	62	6.4%	67	6.5%	63	6.1%	52	4.8%	48	4.4%	46	4.2%	54	4.5%
Black:	31	3.2%	34	3.3%	31	3.0%	27	2.5%	53	4.9%	40	3.6%	71	5.9%
White:	620	64.0%	646	63.1%	697	67.0%	732	68.2%	763	70.2%	805	72.8%	863	71.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	6	0.6%	3	0.3%	4	0.4%	5	0.5%	5	0.5%	7	0.6%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	84	8.7%	98	9.6%	80	7.7%	85	7.9%	0	0.0%	59	5.3%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	174	18.0%	219	21.4%	124	11.9%	161	15.0%	110	10.1%	101	9.1%	126	10.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	48	5.0%	39	3.8%	25	2.4%	32	3.0%	30	2.8%	49	4.4%	55	4.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.94		18.27		17.60		18.86		18.00		17.40		19.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSGQE
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	81.3%	79.4%	76.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	91.7%	84.8%	80.2%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85.5%	81.1%	77.2%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	88.7%	81.5%	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	82.86%	79.23%	77.50%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85.59%	79.36%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92.1%	88.8%	85.2%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	95.4%	93.6%	90%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92.6%	88.8%	84.2%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91.4%	87.5%	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88.11%	88.13%	84.20%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.34%	88.71%	N/A
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	81.2%	77.9%	76.3%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	88%	82.6%	78.8%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	79.8%	75.7%	74.3%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	81.6%	75.2%	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	81.15%	76.43%	74.40%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.13%	75.00%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50%	42.7%	32%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.6%	51.2%	45.1%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45%	44.2%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.11%	42.86%	39.20%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	27.45%	29.54%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	64.7%	47.2%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.3%	73.8%	63.6%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	54.5%	48.1%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	63.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50.00%	47.37%	48.40%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.76%	60.76%	N/A
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.4%	37.6%	34.9%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.4%	60.9%	49.3%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	25%	44.9%	40.9%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76.5%	50.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	50.00%	37.62%	42.50%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	38.60%	40.96%	N/A
2011	Math	12th Grade	% met std	50%	36.7%	N/A
2013	Math	12th Grade	% met std	66.67%	47.83%	N/A
SBA
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	67.8%	61.5%	61.9%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	81.5%	73.7%	69.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	65.1%	62.6%	60.9%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	81.7%	72.2%	67.6%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	74%	64.2%	60.9%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	77.7%	66.7%	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	69.80%	63.34%	61.00%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	77.54%	66.63%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.5%	85.8%	81.2%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94.9%	89.9%	84.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88.2%	84.5%	80.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91.3%	89.4%	83%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.3%	84.3%	79.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.8%	80.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.84%	83.73%	79.30%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.55%	82.17%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	74.7%	68.7%	60.2%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	71.8%	63.3%	62.9%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	71.2%	66.8%	64%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	76.3%	65%	N/A
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	72.10%	65.50%	62.80%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	81.42%	70.62%	N/A
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	81.5%	76.1%	75.1%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.8%	82.4%	78.8%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	78.7%	77.2%	73.7%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	88%	82.1%	76.6%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	81%	77.4%	72.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83.5%	75.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	79.51%	75.00%	N/A
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	84.68%	77.61%	N/A
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	63.3%	55.4%	56.5%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	60%	56.2%	56.4%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	64.9%	65%	62.7%
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	71.9%	65.4%	63.1%
2009	Math	9th Grade	% met std	70%	61.7%	59.5%
2010	Math	9th Grade	% met std	79.3%	67.7%	63.7%
2011	Math	9th Grade	% met std	70.1%	63.5%	N/A
2012	Math	9th Grade	% met std	77.87%	65.52%	63.40%
2013	Math	9th Grade	% met std	73.36%	66.46%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	88.3%	81.5%	77.3%
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	84.4%	81.1%	76.3%
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	89.3%	86.7%	81.9%
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87.9%	87.3%	82.2%
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	86.3%	82.6%	79.2%
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	91.6%	85.6%	83.6%
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	84.3%	84.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	94.07%	87.70%	83.60%
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	90.04%	84.33%	N/A
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	81.3%	74.6%	73%
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	79.6%	77%	72%
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	78.9%	76.9%	73.1%
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	79.4%	76.4%	72%
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	82.1%	79.4%	76%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	84%	74.9%	73.9%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	81.5%	76.7%	N/A
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	89.33%	78.58%	N/A
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	85.65%	76.36%	N/A

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* West Valley 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.