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Chavez High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8501 Howard

Houston TX, 77017, Harris County

Phone: 713-495-6950

Ranking:

(1,083 out of 1,337, bottom 19%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Houston 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:	141		136		134		151		150		141		135
Total Students:	2,988		2,831		2,852		2,757		2,770		2,612		2,375
Grade 9:	950	31.8%	915	32.3%	1,014	35.6%	918	33.3%	917	33.1%	932	35.7%	894	37.6%
Grade 10:	731	24.5%	770	27.2%	657	23.0%	692	25.1%	710	25.6%	652	25.0%	600	25.3%
Grade 11:	716	24.0%	605	21.4%	612	21.5%	569	20.6%	530	19.1%	570	21.8%	431	18.1%
Grade 12:	591	19.8%	541	19.1%	569	20.0%	578	21.0%	613	22.1%	458	17.5%	450	18.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,562	52.3%	1,450	51.2%	1,477	51.8%	1,427	51.8%	1,447	52.2%	1,368	52.4%	1,223	51.5%
Female:	1,426	47.7%	1,381	48.8%	1,375	48.2%	1,330	48.2%	1,315	47.5%	1,236	47.3%	1,148	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.2%	7	0.2%	5	0.2%	5	0.2%	3	0.1%	5	0.2%	3	0.1%
Asian:	91	3.0%	89	3.1%	95	3.3%	79	2.9%	90	3.2%	83	3.2%	70	2.9%
Hispanic:	2,462	82.4%	2,345	82.8%	2,329	81.7%	2,286	82.9%	2,296	82.9%	2,158	82.6%	1,980	83.4%
Black:	365	12.2%	327	11.6%	364	12.8%	332	12.0%	345	12.5%	317	12.1%	276	11.6%
White:	48	1.6%	48	1.7%	45	1.6%	43	1.6%	36	1.3%	49	1.9%	46	1.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	16	0.5%	14	0.5%	13	0.5%	5	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	7	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	2,223	74.4%	2,027	71.6%	1,219	42.7%	1,461	53.0%	1,516	54.7%	1,556	59.6%	1,368	57.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	288	9.6%	227	8.0%	261	9.2%	246	8.9%	268	9.7%	350	13.4%	279	11.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.25		20.87		21.32		18.24		18.47		18.50		17.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	72%	79%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	62%	75%	78%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	95%	94%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	77%	84%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	75%	82%	85%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	73%	76%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	53%	59%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	50%	59%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	36%	47%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	30%	42%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	63%	71%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	36%	45%	52%
2013	English III Writing	End of course	% met std	28%	18%	42%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	96%	96%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	81%	82%	86%
2012	Physics	End of course	% met std	57%	64%	61%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	63%	73%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	64%	71%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	54%	62%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	43%	50%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	40%	44%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	43%	49%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	53%	54%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	66%	57%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	64%	58%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	76%	68%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	79%	71%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	64%	66%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	45%	55%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93%	83%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	42%	49%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	40%	37%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	38%	45%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	40%	46%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	54%	55%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	59%	55%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	64%	66%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	73%	70%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	70%	74%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	92%	84%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	70%	71%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	67%	69%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	73%	77%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	84%	80%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	92%	87%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71%	77%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	87%	89%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	75%	76%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	66%	67%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58%	63%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	67%	71%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	73%	78%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	84%	83%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	95%	89%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	95%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89%	91%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	96%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	97%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	36%	44%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	40%	44%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	39%	43%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	42%	48%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	49%	51%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	55%	57%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	60%	64%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	60%	65%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	76%	78%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	74%	75%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	84%	82%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	82%	79%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	79%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	79%	82%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	82%	83%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	66.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	33.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	39.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	61.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,468.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$42,019.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,948.0

* Chavez High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.