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December 7, 2009

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Mojave

From the school

Mojave High School maintains an open line of communication with parents and members of the community throughout the school year. Meetings are conducted to provide information about school curriculum, classroom instruction, student achievement, athletics and extra-curricular activities

Edline is a school-to-home communication system that has increased student and parent involvement related to academic progress, student activities and registration activities. Mojave High School utilizes an attendance dialer communication system to notify parents of student attendance. Additional communications are the parent newsletter that is mailed home along with periodic fliers and letters. The principal maintains an open door policy that enables students and parents access to the school's leadership team.

School details

  • Principal: Charity M. Varnado
  • All year: No
  • Safe Key: No
  • Full-day kindergarten: No
  • Block schedule: Yes
  • Level(s): High School
  • Dress code: Yes
  • Mascot: Rattlers
  • Made AYP: Unknown
  • Homework help centers: No
  • ESL offered: Unknown
  • Edison school: No
  • Class-size reduction: No
  • District: B
  • Region: Northeast
  • Alternative education summer school: No
  • Magnet school: No

Annual Data

  • 2008

Fiscal Information

  • Total Expenditures/Pupil: $6518

Student Information

  • Average daily attendance: 89.0 %
  • Transiency: 49.1 %
  • Graduation rate: 47.2 %
  • Standard Diploma: 60.0 %
  • Advanced Diploma: 15.3 %
  • Adjusted Diploma: 6.3 %
  • Certificate of Attendance: 18.4 %
  • Dropout Rate: 8.6 %
  • Proficiency Failures: 18.4 %
  • NSHE Enrollment: 149
  • NSHE Remediated: 50
  • NSHE Remediated: 33.6 %

Technology

  • Classrooms: 92
  • Classrooms with Internet access: 92
  • Instructional computers: 525
  • Instructional computers with Internet access: 519
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers: 8
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers with Internet access: 8

Discipline

  • Possession/Use of Alcohol: 13
  • Possession/Use of Controlled Substances: 20
  • Possession of Weapons: 10
  • Violence to Students: 48
  • Habitual truants: 46

Assessments

Class size averages

  • English: 28
  • Math: 30
  • Science: 28
  • Social Studies: 31

Retention

  • 9th grade: 211 (24.9 %)
  • 10th grade: 164 (25.7 %)
  • 11th grade: 20 (5.2 %)
  • 12th grade: 9 (2.9 %)

Scoring

  • Math HS AS: 35 %
  • Math HS ED: 5 %
  • Math HS ES: 5 %
  • Math HS MS: 54 %
  • Reading HS AS: 7 %
  • Reading HS ED: 1 %
  • Reading HS ES: 29 %
  • Reading HS MS: 63 %
  • Writing HS AS: 13 %
  • Writing HS ED: 3 %
  • Writing HS ES: 3 %
  • Writing HS MS: 82 %
  • Key: AS = Approaches Standards; ED = Emergent/Developing; ES = Exceeds Standards; MS = Meets Standards; HS = High School; K8 = Kindergarten-8th grade

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