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Big Sandy Junior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

401 Wildcat Dr

Big Sandy TX, 75755, Upshur County

Phone: 903-636-5287

Ranking:

(5,161 out of 6,018, bottom 14%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Big Sandy 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:	15		14		14		12		12		13		13
Total Students:	173		170		157		153		147		159		166
Grade 6:	54	31.2%	61	35.9%	57	36.3%	51	33.3%	51	34.7%	52	32.7%	56	33.7%
Grade 7:	57	32.9%	56	32.9%	48	30.6%	50	32.7%	46	31.3%	51	32.1%	55	33.1%
Grade 8:	62	35.8%	53	31.2%	52	33.1%	52	34.0%	50	34.0%	56	35.2%	55	33.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	99	57.2%	93	54.7%	67	42.7%	72	47.1%	67	45.6%	81	50.9%	89	53.6%
Female:	74	42.8%	77	45.3%	90	57.3%	81	52.9%	72	49.0%	70	44.0%	73	44.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	15	8.7%	11	6.5%	15	9.6%	10	6.5%	8	5.4%	9	5.7%	5	3.0%
Black:	21	12.1%	20	11.8%	19	12.1%	20	13.1%	17	11.6%	27	17.0%	27	16.3%
White:	123	71.1%	124	72.9%	115	73.2%	120	78.4%	121	82.3%	123	77.4%	134	80.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	8.1%	15	8.8%	8	5.1%	3	2.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	100	57.8%	90	52.9%	95	60.5%	89	58.2%	66	44.9%	69	43.4%	62	37.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	16	9.2%	17	10.0%	22	14.0%	16	10.5%	21	14.3%	24	15.1%	22	13.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.63		12.31		11.56		12.92		12.23		12.10		13.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	63%	63%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54%	54%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	36%	36%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	87%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	95%	78%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	48%	48%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	48%	48%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	54%	54%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	42%	42%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	75.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	75.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$30,657.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,125.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	NA

* Big Sandy Junior High 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.