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Galena Park High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1000 Keene

Galena Park TX, 77547, Harris County

Phone: 832-386-2800

Ranking:

(952 out of 1,337, bottom 29%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Galena Park 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:	117		132		131		136		140		123		124
Total Students:	2,033		1,963		1,916		1,882		1,857		1,800		1,748
Grade 9:	595	29.3%	565	28.8%	588	30.7%	553	29.4%	536	28.9%	537	29.8%	502	28.7%
Grade 10:	460	22.6%	456	23.2%	410	21.4%	416	22.1%	405	21.8%	363	20.2%	436	24.9%
Grade 11:	541	26.6%	504	25.7%	484	25.3%	476	25.3%	455	24.5%	446	24.8%	419	24.0%
Grade 12:	437	21.5%	438	22.3%	434	22.7%	437	23.2%	461	24.8%	454	25.2%	391	22.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,030	50.7%	992	50.5%	987	51.5%	972	51.6%	946	50.9%	894	49.7%	859	49.1%
Female:	1,003	49.3%	971	49.5%	929	48.5%	910	48.4%	903	48.6%	898	49.9%	885	50.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.0%	3	0.2%	4	0.2%	5	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	3	0.1%	3	0.2%	2	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.1%	3	0.2%	3	0.2%
Hispanic:	1,858	91.4%	1,799	91.6%	1,754	91.5%	1,696	90.1%	1,654	89.1%	1,591	88.4%	1,515	86.7%
Black:	92	4.5%	88	4.5%	91	4.7%	101	5.4%	113	6.1%	126	7.0%	137	7.8%
White:	72	3.5%	61	3.1%	55	2.9%	62	3.3%	87	4.7%	79	4.4%	92	5.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	0.3%	8	0.4%	10	0.5%	17	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,392	68.5%	1,384	70.5%	1,321	68.9%	1,294	68.8%	1,211	65.2%	1,191	66.2%	1,032	59.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	199	9.8%	236	12.0%	158	8.2%	147	7.8%	193	10.4%	241	13.4%	220	12.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.43		14.93		14.61		13.81		13.29		14.60		14.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	73%	86%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	71%	81%	78%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	99%	100%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	85%	86%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	89%	89%	85%
2012	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	30%	30%	54%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	82%	88%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	50%	58%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	56%	61%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	31%	40%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	31%	40%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	70%	75%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	31%	35%	52%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	98%	98%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	88%	87%	86%
2012	Physics	End of course	% met std	69%	70%	61%
2012	U.S. History	End of course	% met std	41%	41%	63%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	74%	78%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	74%	73%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	65%	70%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	60%	65%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	52%	56%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	52%	54%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	54%	58%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	67%	65%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	82%	71%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	83%	84%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69%	75%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63%	70%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	83%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	45%	55%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	39%	48%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	43%	49%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	40%	44%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	51%	58%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	73%	69%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	76%	82%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	79%	86%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	81%	85%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	74%	79%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	80%	81%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	97%	94%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	94%	96%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	74%	82%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	73%	78%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	67%	73%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	70%	74%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	82%	79%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	96%	91%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81%	85%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	75%	79%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	66%	73%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60%	69%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	81%	82%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	95%	93%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	86%	91%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	98%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89%	94%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87%	92%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	90%	91%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95%	96%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	99%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	98%	99%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	48%	57%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	42%	46%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	42%	46%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	55%	61%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	62%	60%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	73%	77%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	79%	81%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	68%	75%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	72%	78%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	73%	82%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	77%	82%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	80%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	82%	86%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	62.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	34.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	26.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	73.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,236.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,490.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,612.0

* Galena Park 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.