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Psja Sonia M Sotomayor High School

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1229 South Veterans Blvd

San Juan TX, 78589, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-354-2510

Type: Other/Alternative School, High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 8 to Grade 12

School District: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo 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:	12		14		13		11		11		11		8
Total Students:	127		172		170		152		150		149		160
Grade 8:	4	3.1%	5	2.9%	2	1.2%	5	3.3%	4	2.7%	7	4.7%	1	0.6%
Grade 9:	12	9.4%	30	17.4%	38	22.4%	25	16.4%	28	18.7%	14	9.4%	27	16.9%
Grade 10:	15	11.8%	42	24.4%	14	8.2%	8	5.3%	10	6.7%	26	17.4%	30	18.8%
Grade 11:	38	29.9%	45	26.2%	56	32.9%	61	40.1%	51	34.0%	47	31.5%	55	34.4%
Grade 12:	58	45.7%	49	28.5%	59	34.7%	52	34.2%	56	37.3%	54	36.2%	46	28.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Female:	127	100.0%	172	100.0%	170	100.0%	152	100.0%	146	97.3%	145	97.3%	158	98.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	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:	127	100.0%	172	100.0%	166	97.6%	152	100.0%	150	100.0%	148	99.3%	159	99.4%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	2.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	1	0.6%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	124	97.6%	167	97.1%	0	0.0%	3	2.0%	11	7.3%	24	16.1%	49	30.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.69		12.29		12.72		13.28		13.09		13.70		19.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	25%	66%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	11%	55%	78%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	36%	72%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	15%	63%	85%
2012	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	11%	11%	54%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	18%	52%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	9%	41%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	18%	37%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	8%	26%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	6%	23%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	38%	54%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	0%	24%	52%
2012	English III Reading	End of course	% met std	35%	35%	50%
2012	English III Writing	End of course	% met std	5%	5%	38%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	30%	73%	86%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	9%	63%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	19%	54%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	5%	45%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	25%	46%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	7%	41%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	6%	45%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	24%	58%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	30%	55%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	52%	61%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	44%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	20%	73%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	11%	61%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	43%	58%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	55%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	54%	78%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	95%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73%	85%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	100%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77%	91%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	14%	40%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	15%	31%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	0%	32%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	17%	39%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	38%	42%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	32%	46%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	11%	58%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	23%	64%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	26%	72%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	23%	73%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	56%	77%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	80%	77%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	70%	84%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	44%	89%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	69%	93%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40%	75%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	48%	66%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	41%	64%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27%	67%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	22%	62%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	35%	70%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44%	78%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	24%	79%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68%	77%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69%	83%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	89%	79%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57%	85%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	85%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48%	62%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	21%	49%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36%	53%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	17%	61%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33%	68%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32%	77%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	20%	76%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	60%	96%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	71%	90%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83%	85%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	60%	86%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	75%	84%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	73%	91%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	76%	94%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	68%	96%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	0%	83%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	13%	78%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50%	88%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	14%	72%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	40%	87%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	29%	91%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	14%	41%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	23%	40%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	21%	44%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	8%	44%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	17%	44%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	20%	52%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	58%	52%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	13%	53%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	61%	72%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87%	70%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	67%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	71%	78%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	62%	72%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	60%	78%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	67%	85%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	44%	81%	N/A

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Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	77.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	77.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,151.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,143.0