Merkel High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2000 South 7th St

Merkel TX, 79536, Taylor County

Phone: 325-928-4667

Ranking:

(873 out of 1,337, bottom 35%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Merkel 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:	33		33		33		34		36		33		35
Total Students:	326		334		319		304		306		334		355
Grade 9:	78	23.9%	105	31.4%	73	22.9%	91	29.9%	80	26.1%	88	26.3%	88	24.8%
Grade 10:	93	28.5%	71	21.3%	95	29.8%	75	24.7%	80	26.1%	79	23.7%	95	26.8%
Grade 11:	68	20.9%	87	26.0%	77	24.1%	72	23.7%	69	22.5%	81	24.3%	84	23.7%
Grade 12:	87	26.7%	71	21.3%	74	23.2%	66	21.7%	77	25.2%	86	25.7%	88	24.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	166	50.9%	171	51.2%	162	50.8%	155	51.0%	148	48.4%	164	49.1%	188	53.0%
Female:	160	49.1%	163	48.8%	157	49.2%	149	49.0%	150	49.0%	162	48.5%	163	45.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	2	0.7%	3	1.0%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%
Asian:	0	0.0%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	3	0.9%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	69	21.2%	60	18.0%	43	13.5%	42	13.8%	51	16.7%	56	16.8%	61	17.2%
Black:	4	1.2%	3	0.9%	4	1.3%	3	1.0%	5	1.6%	7	2.1%	4	1.1%
White:	249	76.4%	265	79.3%	270	84.6%	255	83.9%	245	80.1%	266	79.6%	287	80.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	119	36.5%	127	38.0%	114	35.7%	123	40.5%	116	37.9%	101	30.2%	88	24.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	33	10.1%	33	9.9%	38	11.9%	18	5.9%	30	9.8%	22	6.6%	39	11.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	9.83		10.13		9.79		8.86		8.52		10.20		10.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	63%	63%	N/A
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	34%	34%	N/A
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	45%	45%	N/A
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	42%	42%	N/A
2012	English III Reading	End of course	% met std	60%	60%	N/A
2012	English III Writing	End of course	% met std	38%	38%	N/A
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	46%	46%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	43%	43%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	53%	53%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	69%	68%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	99%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	43%	43%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	56%	54%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	63%	63%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	97%	96%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	90.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	9.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	71.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,315.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,805.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,037.0

* Merkel High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.