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Bessie Coleman Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1208 Pleasant Run Rd

Cedar Hill TX, 75104, Dallas County

Phone: 972-293-4505

Ranking:

(4,576 out of 6,018, bottom 24%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Cedar Hill 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:	34		36		28		33		34		34		32
Total Students:	589		573		427		472		466		450		402
Grade 7:	303	51.4%	315	55.0%	192	45.0%	234	49.6%	238	51.1%	210	46.7%	215	53.5%
Grade 8:	286	48.6%	258	45.0%	235	55.0%	238	50.4%	228	48.9%	240	53.3%	187	46.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	318	54.0%	297	51.8%	215	50.4%	256	54.2%	233	50.0%	222	49.3%	212	52.7%
Female:	271	46.0%	276	48.2%	212	49.6%	216	45.8%	225	48.3%	220	48.9%	186	46.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	3	0.7%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	7	1.2%	6	1.0%	4	0.9%	5	1.1%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	5	1.2%
Hispanic:	137	23.3%	133	23.2%	114	26.7%	92	19.5%	73	15.7%	78	17.3%	67	16.7%
Black:	412	69.9%	396	69.1%	266	62.3%	322	68.2%	363	77.9%	344	76.4%	296	73.6%
White:	23	3.9%	25	4.4%	17	4.0%	27	5.7%	25	5.4%	26	5.8%	34	8.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	1.0%	10	1.7%	20	4.7%	23	4.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	334	56.7%	308	53.8%	220	51.5%	212	44.9%	184	39.5%	163	36.2%	99	24.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	67	11.4%	74	12.9%	48	11.2%	66	14.0%	47	10.1%	40	8.9%	58	14.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.28		15.88		15.48		14.42		13.52		13.10		12.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	52%	62%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	70%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	75%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	79%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65%	68%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	71%	73%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	70%	73%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	50%	67%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54%	59%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52%	67%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	67%	65%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	51%	58%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	86%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94%	73%	78%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	90%	72%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	94%	58%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	88%	61%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	81%	43%	48%
TAKS
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60%	63%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74%	67%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62%	66%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	71%	76%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	79%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	84%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	82%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	95%	96%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	53%	56%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	68%	76%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	66%	78%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	79%	85%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	84%	88%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97%	95%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55%	56%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52%	58%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	62%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64%	71%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	80%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	83%	85%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93%	91%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	97%	96%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	80.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	60.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	40.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,485.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$42,107.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,552.0

* Bessie Coleman Middle Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.