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The Science Academy Of South Texas High School

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900 Med High Dr

Mercedes TX, 78570, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-565-4620

Ranking:

(37 out of 1,337, top 3%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

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:	54		54		54		54		54		53		52
Total Students:	781		747		708		675		728		694		702
Grade 9:	257	32.9%	234	31.3%	267	37.7%	229	33.9%	252	34.6%	180	25.9%	186	26.5%
Grade 10:	201	25.7%	213	28.5%	178	25.1%	174	25.8%	153	21.0%	197	28.4%	230	32.8%
Grade 11:	186	23.8%	156	20.9%	155	21.9%	123	18.2%	167	22.9%	184	26.5%	158	22.5%
Grade 12:	137	17.5%	144	19.3%	108	15.3%	149	22.1%	156	21.4%	133	19.2%	128	18.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	469	60.1%	445	59.6%	425	60.0%	406	60.1%	446	61.3%	443	63.8%	448	63.8%
Female:	312	39.9%	302	40.4%	283	40.0%	269	39.9%	274	37.6%	243	35.0%	250	35.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	1	0.1%
Asian:	105	13.4%	101	13.5%	98	13.8%	85	12.6%	80	11.0%	72	10.4%	78	11.1%
Hispanic:	601	77.0%	550	73.6%	523	73.9%	496	73.5%	497	68.3%	472	68.0%	451	64.2%
Black:	2	0.3%	8	1.1%	10	1.4%	7	1.0%	6	0.8%	7	1.0%	5	0.7%
White:	59	7.6%	77	10.3%	67	9.5%	79	11.7%	142	19.5%	140	20.2%	167	23.8%
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:	13	1.7%	10	1.3%	8	1.1%	7	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	288	36.9%	251	33.6%	227	32.1%	241	35.7%	232	31.9%	201	29.0%	175	24.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	86	11.0%	73	9.8%	71	10.0%	73	10.8%	85	11.7%	84	12.1%	72	10.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.36		13.79		13.09		12.40		13.59		13.00		13.40

Test Performance

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

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	61.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	34.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	20.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	7.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	92.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$52,562.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,939.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,558.0

* The Science Academy Of South Texas High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.