Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School in Garden Valley, CA
(07-12 • Public • Regular School)
- Telephone
- (530) 333-8330
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- Website
- http://bomusd.org
- City-data.com school rating
- 42
- Students
- 519
- Classroom Teachers (FTE)
- 24.5
- National School Lunch
Program (NSLP) Status - No
- Free lunch eligible students
- 195
- Reduced-price lunch
eligible students - 31
- School district
- Black Oak Mine Unified
- Charter school
- No
- Title I status
- Not a Title I school
- Magnet School Indicator
- No
- Shared Time Indicator
- Missing
- Adult education offered
- No
Ratings
Edwin Markham Middle (8.0 miles): | 75 |
Sutters Mill (6.4 miles): | 72 |
El Dorado High (8.3 miles): | 71 |
Gold Trail (5.7 miles): | 66 |
Indian Creek Elementary (8.5 miles): | 48 |
American River Charter (4.9 miles): | 43 |
Charter Community School Home Study Academy (8.7 miles): | 43 |
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School: | 42 |
Georgetown Elementary (4.8 miles): | 16 |
California: | 46 |
Garden Valley: | 42 |
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High: | 42 |
Students & Teachers
Total enrollment:
Enrollment in 2015: 518
Enrollment in 2014: 563
Enrollment in 2013: 643
Enrollment in 2012: 523
Enrollment in 2011: 523
Enrollment in 2010: 580
Enrollment in 2009: 636
Enrollment in 2008: 660
Enrollment in 2007: 714
Enrollment in 2006: 705
Enrollment in 2005: 644
Enrollment in 2004: 629
Enrollment in 2003: 589
Enrollment in 2002: 590
Enrollment in 2001: 593
Enrollment in 2000: 589
Enrollment in 1999: 625
Enrollment by grade, gender and race:
(Note: Details may not add to totals. School year: 2015-2016)
Grade | G07 | G08 | G09 | G10 | G11 | G12 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All students | 87 | 74 | 86 | 90 | 92 | 90 | 519 |
Female students | 41 | 35 | 45 | 43 | 49 | 46 | 259 |
Male students | 46 | 39 | 41 | 47 | 43 | 44 | 260 |
American Indian/Alaska Native students | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 |
Asian students | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Hispanic students | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 50 |
Black students | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 5 |
White students | 75 | 67 | 76 | 79 | 76 | 77 | 450 |
Two or More Races students | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Enrollment by grade:
8th grade enrollment: 74
9th grade enrollment: 86
10th grade enrollment: 90
11th grade enrollment: 92
12th grade enrollment: 90
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School - Historical enrollment by grade
Enrollment by gender:
(State average from 12,430 schools)
Here: | 49.9% |
State: | 49.4% |
Here: | 50.1% |
State: | 49.6% |
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School - Historical enrollment by gender
Enrollment by race/ethnicity:
(State average from 12,430 schools)
School: | 1.5% |
State: | 1.0% |
School: | 0.8% |
State: | 9.4% |
Here: | 9.6% |
California: | 46.0% |
School: | 1.0% |
California: | 6.1% |
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School: | 86.7% |
California: | 28.3% |
Here: | 0.4% |
California: | 4.5% |
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School - Historical enrollment by race/ethnicity
Lunch Program Eligibility:
(State average from 10,111 schools)
Here: | 43.5% |
California: | 61.2% |
School: | 37.6% |
State: | 52.8% |
School: | 6.0% |
California: | 8.6% |
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School - Lunch Program Eligibility
Teachers and support:
(State average from 12,394 schools)
Number of FTE teachers in their second year of teaching: 3
Number of FTE school counselors: 2
Number of FTE teachers who were absent more than 10 school days during the school years: 7
Number of FTE security guards: 1
Number of FTE nurses: 1
Number of FTE psychologists: 0.5
Student/Teacher Ratio
School: | 21.2 |
California: | 22.8 |
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School - Teachers (FTE) and pupil/teacher ratio
School Expenditures:
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Teachers: 25.2 (Salary Expenditures: $1,561,319)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Instructional Aides: 5 (Salary Expenditures: $107,085)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Support Services Staff: 3.6 (Salary Expenditures: $224,342)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of School Administration Staff: 5 (Salary Expenditures: $338,351)
- Salary Expenditures for Teachers: $1,561,319
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Instructional Aides: 5.7 (Salary Expenditures: $124,745)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Support Services Staff: 3.6 (Salary Expenditures: $224,342)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of School Administration Staff: 5 (Salary Expenditures: $338,351)
Students with disabilities:
Students with Disabilities (Section 504 only): Students with a disability, who receive related aids and services solely under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and not under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The "Section 504 only" column in the survey items always refers to students with disabilities who receive related aids and services under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and not under IDEA.
- Hispanic: 7 (all male)
- White: 71 (male: 34, female: 37)
Students with disabilities served under Section 504: 7 (male: 2, female: 5)
- White: 7 (male: 2, female: 5)
Gifted and Talented:
(State average from 5,551 schools)
Gifted/talented programs are programs during regular school hours that provide special educational opportunities including accelerated promotion through grades and classes and an enriched curriculum for students who are endowed with a high degree of mental ability or who demonstrate unusual physical coordination, creativity, interest, or talent.
- Hispanic: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- White: 19 (male: 11, female: 8)
Gifted and Talented Student Enrollment per 1,000 students
Here: | 44.3 |
California: | 84.3 |
Statewide Student Assessments
Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments:
(State average from 10,463 schools)
The summative assessments are comprehensive, end-of-year assessments of grade-level learning that measure progress toward college and career readiness. Each test in English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics is comprised of two parts: (1) a computer-adaptive test and (2) a performance task, administered within a selected testing window available at 66 percent of the instructional year for grades three through eight, and grade eleven.
The summative assessments are aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for ELA and mathematics. The tests capitalize on the strengths of computer adaptive testing efficient and precise measurement across the full range of achievement and timely turnaround of results.
- All43%
- Males37%
- Females48%
- Hispanic18%
- White33%
ELA Standard Met and Above
ELA students with scores: 242
Percentage Standard Met and Above: | 43% |
California: | 49% |
Standard Not Met: 28.9%
Standard Nearly Met: 28.5%
Standard Met: 33.1%
Standard Exceeded: 9.5%
All Grades:
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School - ELA Area Achievement Levels (all grades)
- All30%
- Males34%
- Females25%
- Hispanic18%
- White24%
Math Standard Met and Above
Math students with scores: 243
Percentage Standard Met and Above: | 30% |
California: | 38% |
Standard Not Met: 36.2%
Standard Nearly Met: 34.2%
Standard Met: 24.3%
Standard Exceeded: 5.3%
All Grades:
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School - Math Area Achievement Levels (all grades)
Paper-based CAASPP:
(State average from 9,784 schools)
California Standards Tests (CSTs) - The CSTs for science in grades five, eight, and ten are administered only to students in California public schools. All questions are multiple-choice. These tests were developed specifically to assess students' knowledge of the California content standards in science.
CST Science students with scores: 68
Percentage At Or Above Proficient: | 47% |
California: | 54% |
Percentage Far Below Basic: 8.0% Students demonstrate little or a flawed understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Below Basic: 13.0% Students demonstrate little or a flawed understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Basic: 32.0% Students demonstrate a partial and rudimentary understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Proficient: 28.0% Students demonstrate a competent and adequate understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Advanced: 19.0% Students demonstrate a comprehensive and complex understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
8th Grade: (Mean Scale Score: 352.5, Students tested: 71, Far Below Basic: 8.0%, Below Basic: 13.0%, Basic: 32.0%, Proficient: 28.0%, Advanced: 19.0%)
CST Science students tested: 82
CST Science students with scores: 82
Percentage At Or Above Proficient: | 54% |
California: | 54% |
Percentage Far Below Basic: 7.0% Students demonstrate little or a flawed understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Below Basic: 7.0% Students demonstrate little or a flawed understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Basic: 32.0% Students demonstrate a partial and rudimentary understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Proficient: 29.0% Students demonstrate a competent and adequate understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Advanced: 24.0% Students demonstrate a comprehensive and complex understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
10th Grade: (Mean Scale Score: 358.4, Students tested: 82, Far Below Basic: 7.0%, Below Basic: 7.0%, Basic: 32.0%, Proficient: 29.0%, Advanced: 24.0%)
California High School Exit Exam:
(State average from 2,357 schools)
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School - California High School Exit Exam results
- All381
- Hispanic379
- White387
Math Mean Scale Score
Math Mean Scale Score: | 381 |
California: | 374 |
Math Percentage Passed: | 79% |
State: | 68% |
Math Number Passed: 84
Math Percent Correct compared to California average:
Probability & Statistics: 70% California: 69% Number Sense: 69% California: 65% Algebra & Functions: 72% State: 68% Measurement & Geometry: 70% State: 64% Algebra 1: 60% State: 58%
- All387
- Hispanic371
- White393
ELA Mean Scale Score
ELA Mean Scale Score: | 387 |
California: | 370 |
ELA Percentage Passed: | 84% |
California: | 68% |
ELA Number Passed: 89
ELA Percent Correct compared to California average:
Reading - Word Analysis: 87% California: 76% Reading - Reading Comprehension: 78% State: 71% Reading - Literary Responses and Analysis: 84% California: 75% Writing - Writing Strategies: 70% California: 64% Writing - Writing Conventions: 75% State: 69%
The Physical Fitness Test:
7th grade: (Students tested: 80, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 58.8%, Needs Improvement: 35.0%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 6.2%)
Body Composition:
7th grade: (Students tested: 80, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 62.5%, Needs Improvement: 23.8%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 13.7%)
Abdominal Strength:
7th grade: (Students tested: 80, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 91.2%, Needs Improvement: 8.8%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 0.0%)
Trunk Extension Strength:
7th grade: (Students tested: 80, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 97.5%, Needs Improvement: 2.5%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 0.0%)
Upper Body Strength:
7th grade: (Students tested: 80, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 76.2%, Needs Improvement: 23.8%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 0.0%)
Flexibility:
7th grade: (Students tested: 80, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 82.5%, Needs Improvement: 17.5%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 0.0%)
California English Language Development Test:
(State average from 9,835 schools)
Student Count: 5
Number of students who met CELDT criterion: 2
Students who met CELDT criterion: | 40.0% |
California: | 34.0% |
Accountability
Adequate Yearly Progress:
(State average from 9,846 schools)
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School - Adequate Yearly Progress status
ELA Participation Rate
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School: | 98.0% |
State: | 96.3% |
- Hispanic90
- American Indian100
- Asian100
- Filipino100
- Black100
- White99
- SED95
- With Disabilities100
ELA Participation Rate
- Hispanic: 90% (tested 27 out of 30 enrolled)
- American Indian / Alaska Native: 100% (tested 5 out of 5 enrolled)
- Asian: 100% (tested 1 out of 1 enrolled)
- Filipino: 100% (tested 1 out of 1 enrolled)
- Black: 100% (tested 3 out of 3 enrolled)
- White: 99% (tested 204 out of 207 enrolled)
- Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 95% (tested 104 out of 109 enrolled)
- Students with Disabilities: 100% (tested 47 out of 47 enrolled)
Math Participation Rate
School: | 96.0% |
State: | 96.1% |
- Hispanic84
- American Indian100
- Asian100
- Filipino100
- Black100
- White98
- SED94
- With Disabilities100
Math Participation Rate
- Hispanic: 84% (tested 25 out of 30 enrolled)
- American Indian / Alaska Native: 100% (tested 5 out of 5 enrolled)
- Asian: 100% (tested 1 out of 1 enrolled)
- Filipino: 100% (tested 1 out of 1 enrolled)
- Black: 100% (tested 3 out of 3 enrolled)
- White: 98% (tested 203 out of 207 enrolled)
- Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 94% (tested 103 out of 109 enrolled)
- Students with Disabilities: 100% (tested 47 out of 47 enrolled)
SAT/ACT:
(State average from 9,846 schools)
The SAT Reasoning Test (SAT) is a curriculum-based, college readiness test that assesses the academic skills and knowledge students acquire in high school and the ability to apply that knowledge.
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School - ACT/SAT scores
Percent of graduates taking the ACT: | 15.6% |
California: | 30.9% |
ACT Composite scores greater or equal to 21: | 0.0% |
California: | 48.7% |
Number of graduates taking the ACT: 14
Percent of graduates taking the SAT: | 33.3% |
State: | 54.4% |
SAT scores greater or equal to 1500: | 56.7% |
State: | 36.3% |
Number of graduates taking the SAT: 30
Average Total SAT Score: | 1,548 |
California: | 1,374 |
Average SAT mathematics score: | 541 |
State: | 464 |
Average SAT critical reading score: | 516 |
State: | 459 |
Average SAT writing score: | 491 |
State: | 451 |
SAT or ACT Test Participation: 29 (male: 13, female: 16)
- Hispanic: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- White: 25 (male: 11, female: 14)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 2 (all female)
Advanced Placement:
(State average from 1,204 schools)
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School - AP exams with scores at or above criteria
Number of students taking at least one AP exam: 36
Percent of students taking at least one AP exam: | 42.0% |
California: | 94.1% |
Percent of AP exams with scores at or above 3: | 40.4% |
California: | 46.6% |
Health & Safety
Offenses:
(State average from 5,445 schools)
A weapon is any instrument or object used with the intent to threaten, injure, or kill. This includes look-alikes if they are used to threaten others.
Physical attack or fight refers to an actual and intentional touching or striking of another person against his/her will, or the intentional causing of bodily harm to an individual. Physical attack or fight does not include rape.
Any of this school's students, faculty, or staff died as a result of a homicide committed at this school: No
Incidents of physical attack or fight without a weapon: 3
Total incidents per 1,000 students
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School: | 5.8 |
State: | 60.8 |
Chronic Student Absenteeismt:
(State average from 8,737 schools)
- Hispanic10
- American Indian2
- Asian4
- Black2
- White79
- Multirace2
- IDEA22
- 5044
Chronic Student Absenteeism
- Hispanic: 10 (male: 2, female: 8)
- American Indian / Alaska Native: 2 (all female)
- Asian: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- Black: 2 (all female)
- White: 79 (male: 32, female: 47)
- Two or More Races: 2 (all female)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 22 (male: 8, female: 14)
- Section 504: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School: | 190.8 |
California: | 172.7 |
Suspensions:
(State average from 1,406 schools)
- For students with disabilities served under IDEA : Out-of-school suspension is an instance in which a child is temporarily removed from his/her regular school for at least half a day for disciplinary purposes to another setting (e.g., home, behavior center).Out-of-school suspensions include both removals in which no individualized family service plan(IFSP) or individualized education plan(IEP) services are provided because the removal is 10 days or less as well as removals in which the child continues to receive services according to his/her IFSP or IEP.
- For students without disabilities and students with disabilities served solely under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act : Out-of-school suspension is an instance in which a child is temporarily removed from his / her regular school for at least half a day(but less than the remainder of the school year) for disciplinary purposes to another setting(e.g., home, behavior center).Out-of-school suspensions include removals in which no educational services are provided, and removals in which educational services are provided(e.g., school-provided at home instruction or tutoring).
- Hispanic24
- American Indian6
- Black13
- White234
- IDEA12
School days missed due to out-of-school suspension
- Hispanic: 24 (male: 12, female: 12)
- American Indian / Alaska Native: 6 (all male)
- Black: 13 (all female)
- White: 234 (male: 185, female: 49)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 12 (male: 7, female: 5)
Instances of out-of-school suspension (Students without disabilities): 41
Instances of out-of-school suspension per 1,000 students (Students without disabilities)
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School: | 79.0 |
State: | 84.8 |
- White: 2
Students without disabilities receiving only one out-of-school suspension: 31 (male: 24, female: 7)
- Hispanic: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- American Indian / Alaska Native: 2 (all male)
- White: 25 (male: 20, female: 5)
Students without disabilities receiving more than one out-of-school suspension: 13 (male: 11, female: 2)
- White: 13 (male: 11, female: 2)
Instances of out-of-school suspension (Students with disabilities): 12
Instances of out-of-school suspension per 1,000 students (Students with disabilities)
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School: | 23.1 |
State: | 28.1 |
Students with disabilities receiving only one out-of-school suspension: 10 (male: 5, female: 5)
- White: 10 (male: 5, female: 5)
Students with disabilities receiving more than one out-of-school suspension: 6 (male: 4, female: 2)
- Hispanic: 2 (all male)
- Black: 2 (all female)
- White: 2 (all male)
Classes & Courses
Algebra I:
(State average from 1,382 schools)
- Hispanic7
- American Indian2
- Asian2
- White64
- IDEA4
9-10th grade student enrollment in Algebra I
- Hispanic: 7 (male: 5, female: 2)
- American Indian / Alaska Native: 2 (all male)
- Asian: 2 (all male)
- White: 64 (male: 35, female: 29)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- White: 38 (male: 16, female: 22)
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School: | 50.7% |
State: | 72.5% |
11-12th grade student enrollment in Algebra I: 11 (male: 7, female: 4)
- Hispanic: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- White: 7 (male: 5, female: 2)
- White: 4
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School: | 36.4% |
State: | 62.0% |
Algebra II:
- Hispanic10
- American Indian2
- Asian2
- Black2
- White67
- IDEA7
Student Enrollment in Algebra II
- Hispanic: 10 (male: 5, female: 5)
- American Indian / Alaska Native: 2 (all female)
- Asian: 2 (all male)
- Black: 2 (all male)
- White: 67 (male: 29, female: 38)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 7 (male: 5, female: 2)
Calculus:
Student Enrollment in Calculus: 12 (male: 7, female: 5)
- Hispanic: 2 (all male)
- White: 10 (male: 5, female: 5)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 2 (all female)
Geometry:
8th grade students enrolled in Geometry: 2
- Hispanic4
- American Indian2
- Black2
- White52
- Multirace2
- IDEA2
Student Enrollment in Geometry
- Hispanic: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- American Indian / Alaska Native: 2 (all male)
- Black: 2 (all male)
- White: 52 (male: 20, female: 32)
- Two or More Races: 2 (all female)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 2 (all male)
Advanced Mathematics:
- Hispanic2
- Asian2
- White16
- IDEA2
Student Enrollment in Advanced Mathematics
- Hispanic: 2 (all female)
- Asian: 2 (all female)
- White: 16 (male: 8, female: 8)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 2 (all male)
Biology:
- Hispanic7
- American Indian2
- Asian2
- Black2
- White97
- IDEA13
Student Enrollment in Biology
- Hispanic: 7 (male: 5, female: 2)
- American Indian / Alaska Native: 2 (all male)
- Asian: 2 (all male)
- Black: 2 (all male)
- White: 97 (male: 44, female: 53)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 13 (male: 8, female: 5)
Chemistry:
- Hispanic10
- Asian2
- Black2
- White46
- IDEA5
Student Enrollment in Chemistry
- Hispanic: 10 (male: 5, female: 5)
- Asian: 2 (all female)
- Black: 2 (all male)
- White: 46 (male: 17, female: 29)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 5 (all male)
Physics:
Student Enrollment in Physics: 12 (male: 10, female: 2)
- Hispanic: 2 (all male)
- White: 10 (male: 8, female: 2)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 2 (all female)
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