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Alex W Spence Talented/Gifted Academy Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4001 Capitol Ave

Dallas TX, 75204, Dallas County

Phone: 972-925-2300

Ranking:

(5,411 out of 6,018, bottom 10%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Dallas Independent School District

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:	70		75		78		80		81		103		108
Total Students:	1,036		1,153		1,112		1,108		1,072		1,091		1,138
Grade 6:	336	32.4%	387	33.6%	349	31.4%	378	34.1%	372	34.7%	359	32.9%	360	31.6%
Grade 7:	353	34.1%	379	32.9%	428	38.5%	379	34.2%	378	35.3%	349	32.0%	415	36.5%
Grade 8:	347	33.5%	387	33.6%	335	30.1%	351	31.7%	322	30.0%	383	35.1%	363	31.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	536	51.7%	596	51.7%	570	51.3%	563	50.8%	535	49.9%	574	52.6%	585	51.4%
Female:	500	48.3%	557	48.3%	542	48.7%	545	49.2%	529	49.3%	509	46.7%	549	48.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	0.8%	6	0.5%	6	0.5%	7	0.6%	4	0.4%	6	0.5%	6	0.5%
Asian:	29	2.8%	29	2.5%	29	2.6%	31	2.8%	35	3.3%	42	3.8%	41	3.6%
Hispanic:	746	72.0%	848	73.5%	846	76.1%	830	74.9%	809	75.5%	812	74.4%	856	75.2%
Black:	205	19.8%	217	18.8%	198	17.8%	205	18.5%	188	17.5%	201	18.4%	212	18.6%
White:	39	3.8%	36	3.1%	25	2.2%	32	2.9%	36	3.4%	30	2.7%	23	2.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	0.7%	14	1.2%	7	0.6%	3	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	917	88.5%	988	85.7%	911	81.9%	925	83.5%	896	83.6%	889	81.5%	950	83.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	37	3.6%	56	4.9%	49	4.4%	69	6.2%	62	5.8%	82	7.5%	79	6.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.80		15.35		14.17		13.79		13.23		10.60		10.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	66%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63%	61%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66%	63%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60%	58%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54%	60%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65%	60%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	68%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71%	67%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	58%	59%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64%	57%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	54%	52%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56%	62%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	71%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	77%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62%	54%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64%	66%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	56%	52%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	57%	59%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98%	75%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98%	68%	78%
TAKS
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	74%	70%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58%	57%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55%	51%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69%	57%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73%	66%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70%	65%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72%	67%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65%	68%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68%	70%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	67%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71%	66%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83%	76%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76%	77%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76%	77%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	77%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78%	74%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80%	79%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	82%	84%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	85%	91%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	44%	55%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46%	45%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	54%	50%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69%	57%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	73%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70%	72%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76%	71%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	88%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62%	58%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63%	52%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	55%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64%	59%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61%	64%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71%	68%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	76%	82%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	62%	77%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	67%	72%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	85%	79%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	86%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	67.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	32.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	31.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	68.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,802.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$43,694.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,563.0

* Alex W Spence Talented/Gifted Academy Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.