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Grand Valley High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

800 Cardinal Way

Parachute CO, 81635, Garfield County

Phone: 970-285-5705

Ranking:

(212 out of 304, bottom 30%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Garfield County School District 16

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:	20		22		23		22		27		28		24
Total Students:	290		306		332		345		352		371		345
Grade 9:	73	25.2%	71	23.2%	83	25.0%	89	25.8%	90	25.6%	99	26.7%	104	30.1%
Grade 10:	64	22.1%	77	25.2%	90	27.1%	92	26.7%	83	23.6%	105	28.3%	91	26.4%
Grade 11:	69	23.8%	77	25.2%	82	24.7%	77	22.3%	91	25.9%	91	24.5%	77	22.3%
Grade 12:	84	29.0%	81	26.5%	77	23.2%	87	25.2%	88	25.0%	76	20.5%	73	21.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	168	57.9%	178	58.2%	184	55.4%	187	54.2%	187	53.1%	184	49.6%	181	52.5%
Female:	122	42.1%	128	41.8%	148	44.6%	158	45.8%	157	44.6%	179	48.2%	160	46.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	2.8%	6	2.0%	5	1.5%	9	2.6%	3	0.9%	5	1.3%	11	3.2%
Asian:	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	3	0.9%	5	1.3%	5	1.4%
Hispanic:	89	30.7%	108	35.3%	114	34.3%	94	27.2%	99	28.1%	94	25.3%	66	19.1%
Black:	2	0.7%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	1.1%	4	1.1%	3	0.9%
White:	175	60.3%	179	58.5%	196	59.0%	226	65.5%	243	69.0%	263	70.9%	260	75.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	1.0%	2	0.7%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	3.8%	8	2.6%	15	4.5%	15	4.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	89	30.7%	128	41.8%	108	32.5%	124	35.9%	101	28.7%	77	20.8%	88	25.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	35	12.1%	32	10.5%	34	10.2%	48	13.9%	47	13.4%	36	9.7%	46	13.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.24		14.02		14.66		15.68		12.88		13.50		14.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	20	20	27
2005	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	17	17	30
2006	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	23	23	31
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	22	22	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	26	26	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	15	15	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	20	20	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	17	17	32
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	67	67	65
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	38	38	65
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	81	81	68
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	74	74	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	67	67	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	63	63	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	66	66	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	60	60	66
2006	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	54	54	47
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	52	52	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	51	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	34	34	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	44	44	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	36	36	48
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	45	45	50
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	29	29	50
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	37	37	51
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	51	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	36	36	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	27	27	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	38	38	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	44	44	47
2004	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	18	18	33
2005	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	24	24	33
2006	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	23	23	38
2007	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	29	29	35
2008	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	23	23	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	22	22	35
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	19	19	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	27	27	38
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	56	56	67
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	69	69	66
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	76	76	66
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	65	65	66
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	57	57	66
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	56	56	67
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	68	68	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	79	79	66
2004	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	41	41	53
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	51	51	52
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	54	54	52
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	40	40	49
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	45	45	49
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	43	43	52
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	43	43	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	52	52	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	11.3	11.3	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	14.5	14.5	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	67.6	67.6	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	68.5	68.5	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	48.8	48.8	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	47.3	47.3	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	40	40	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	40.7	40.7	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	20.1	20.1	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	32.4	32.4	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	65	65	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	73.2	73.2	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	43.8	43.8	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	47.9	47.9	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	64.7%	70.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	35.3%	29.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	17.6%	23.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	82.4%	76.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,586.0	$40,954.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,681.0	$32,960.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,423.0	$43,413.0

* Grand Valley 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.