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Tarkington High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2770 Fm 163

Cleveland TX, 77327, Liberty County

Phone: 281-592-7739

Ranking:

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

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Tarkington 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:	45		45		48		48		51		51		50
Total Students:	554		568		585		602		615		585		612
Grade 9:	153	27.6%	168	29.6%	149	25.5%	157	26.1%	186	30.2%	166	28.4%	178	29.1%
Grade 10:	163	29.4%	136	23.9%	140	23.9%	170	28.2%	165	26.8%	158	27.0%	157	25.7%
Grade 11:	127	22.9%	126	22.2%	159	27.2%	141	23.4%	138	22.4%	133	22.7%	134	21.9%
Grade 12:	111	20.0%	138	24.3%	137	23.4%	134	22.3%	126	20.5%	128	21.9%	143	23.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	290	52.3%	298	52.5%	297	50.8%	301	50.0%	317	51.5%	306	52.3%	306	50.0%
Female:	264	47.7%	270	47.5%	288	49.2%	301	50.0%	290	47.2%	271	46.3%	302	49.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	43	7.8%	37	6.5%	37	6.3%	37	6.1%	38	6.2%	30	5.1%	33	5.4%
Black:	2	0.4%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	4	0.7%	8	1.3%	6	1.0%	4	0.7%
White:	499	90.1%	518	91.2%	534	91.3%	554	92.0%	568	92.4%	546	93.3%	573	93.6%
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:	6	1.1%	7	1.2%	8	1.4%	6	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	175	31.6%	175	30.8%	188	32.1%	196	32.6%	166	27.0%	146	25.0%	126	20.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	6.9%	36	6.3%	40	6.8%	35	5.8%	54	8.8%	64	10.9%	73	11.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.26		12.58		12.16		12.66		12.10		11.50		12.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88%	91%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	77%	81%	78%
2012	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	79%	79%	65%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	100%	100%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	83%	83%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	79%	79%	85%
2012	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	56%	56%	54%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	80%	80%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	63%	63%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	62%	62%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	51%	51%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	51%	51%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	83%	83%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	63%	63%	52%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	100%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	89%	89%	86%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	78%	78%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	68%	68%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	66%	66%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	54%	54%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	99%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	99%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	83.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	14.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	36.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	63.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,504.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,064.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,154.0

* Tarkington 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.