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Waco High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2020 North 42nd St

Waco TX, 76710, Mclennan County

Phone: 254-776-1150

Ranking:

(1,285 out of 1,337, bottom 4%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Waco 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:	102		102		102		127		130		124		116
Total Students:	1,732		1,654		1,444		1,552		1,637		1,857		1,774
Grade 9:	539	31.1%	591	35.7%	395	27.4%	487	31.4%	492	30.1%	680	36.6%	608	34.3%
Grade 10:	527	30.4%	356	21.5%	367	25.4%	392	25.3%	460	28.1%	420	22.6%	441	24.9%
Grade 11:	340	19.6%	394	23.8%	337	23.3%	375	24.2%	359	21.9%	439	23.6%	395	22.3%
Grade 12:	326	18.8%	313	18.9%	345	23.9%	298	19.2%	326	19.9%	318	17.1%	330	18.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	879	50.8%	836	50.5%	733	50.8%	793	51.1%	807	49.3%	917	49.4%	887	50.0%
Female:	853	49.2%	818	49.5%	711	49.2%	759	48.9%	822	50.2%	932	50.2%	883	49.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	16	0.9%	10	0.6%	9	0.6%	5	0.3%	3	0.2%	3	0.2%	2	0.1%
Asian:	4	0.2%	6	0.4%	6	0.4%	9	0.6%	13	0.8%	16	0.9%	11	0.6%
Hispanic:	817	47.2%	745	45.0%	613	42.5%	630	40.6%	627	38.3%	683	36.8%	633	35.7%
Black:	660	38.1%	646	39.1%	573	39.7%	636	41.0%	730	44.6%	843	45.4%	788	44.4%
White:	207	12.0%	218	13.2%	217	15.0%	241	15.5%	264	16.1%	312	16.8%	340	19.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	28	1.6%	29	1.8%	25	1.7%	31	2.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,195	69.0%	1,173	70.9%	969	67.1%	1,022	65.9%	1,106	67.6%	1,158	62.4%	1,051	59.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	98	5.7%	106	6.4%	106	7.3%	116	7.5%	149	9.1%	204	11.0%	186	10.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.97		16.16		14.22		12.23		12.57		15.00		15.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	61%	64%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	47%	56%	78%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	87%	88%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	64%	68%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	64%	62%	85%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	56%	63%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	49%	48%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	40%	40%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	26%	29%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	22%	23%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	55%	58%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	26%	27%	52%
2012	English III Reading	End of course	% met std	53%	49%	50%
2012	English III Writing	End of course	% met std	33%	33%	38%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	86%	91%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	68%	73%	86%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	58%	60%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	46%	51%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	34%	40%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	45%	45%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	39%	38%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	41%	41%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	47%	45%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	46%	47%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	50%	52%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	58%	62%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	61%	56%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	58%	59%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	81%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	49%	45%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	38%	35%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	41%	39%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	33%	37%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	50%	52%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	57%	55%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	59%	61%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	55%	53%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	80%	79%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	76%	77%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	75%	74%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	71%	77%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	63%	68%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61%	60%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	72%	67%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	71%	64%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	59%	64%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81%	79%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65%	59%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58%	55%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	63%	60%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	75%	70%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	69%	73%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	83%	82%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	92%	91%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	99%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	44%	44%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	42%	41%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	36%	37%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	47%	49%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	38%	42%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	40%	47%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	50%	53%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	50%	47%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	73%	72%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	81%	82%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	78%	80%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	76%	78%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	75%	78%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	83%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	80.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	16.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	33.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	66.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,893.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,033.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,411.0

* Waco 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.