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Welch Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

11544 South Gessner

Houston TX, 77071, Harris County

Phone: 713-778-3300

Ranking:

(5,335 out of 6,018, bottom 11%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Houston 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:	51		57		60		70		75		79		81
Total Students:	918		926		995		1,099		1,159		1,176		1,286
Grade 6:	270	29.4%	288	31.1%	331	33.3%	313	28.5%	385	33.2%	393	33.4%	406	31.6%
Grade 7:	310	33.8%	339	36.6%	303	30.5%	367	33.4%	394	34.0%	397	33.8%	419	32.6%
Grade 8:	338	36.8%	299	32.3%	361	36.3%	419	38.1%	380	32.8%	386	32.8%	461	35.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	483	52.6%	494	53.3%	545	54.8%	584	53.1%	612	52.8%	614	52.2%	659	51.2%
Female:	435	47.4%	432	46.7%	450	45.2%	515	46.9%	539	46.5%	554	47.1%	623	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
Asian:	11	1.2%	16	1.7%	22	2.2%	26	2.4%	32	2.8%	34	2.9%	31	2.4%
Hispanic:	356	38.8%	345	37.3%	349	35.1%	373	33.9%	401	34.6%	436	37.1%	489	38.0%
Black:	531	57.8%	548	59.2%	603	60.6%	683	62.1%	706	60.9%	685	58.2%	744	57.9%
White:	17	1.9%	13	1.4%	15	1.5%	11	1.0%	19	1.6%	20	1.7%	22	1.7%
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:	3	0.3%	4	0.4%	5	0.5%	6	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	701	76.4%	702	75.8%	338	34.0%	480	43.7%	583	50.3%	643	54.7%	732	56.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	67	7.3%	68	7.3%	78	7.8%	93	8.5%	111	9.6%	130	11.1%	159	12.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.96		16.36		16.65		15.65		15.47		14.90		15.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	73%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	47%	70%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64%	67%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55%	64%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	34%	53%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	41%	56%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66%	70%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63%	72%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64%	67%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	55%	64%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	53%	71%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60%	76%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73%	76%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	77%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61%	66%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81%	68%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	37%	53%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	55%	57%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	99%	79%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	99%	75%	78%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60%	62%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	53%	55%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59%	63%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65%	66%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62%	71%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	74%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75%	79%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75%	83%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73%	78%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79%	82%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89%	85%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79%	81%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74%	81%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	50%	57%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	41%	48%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59%	57%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61%	63%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	79%	67%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	71%	78%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81%	80%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67%	77%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	73%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	71%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72%	77%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	79%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82%	78%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	82%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	83%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	82%	88%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83%	85%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92%	86%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	90%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88%	84%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	55%	56%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	43%	47%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51%	57%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73%	64%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	85%	73%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	80%	78%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77%	83%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	79%	85%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	86%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44%	57%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51%	56%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63%	60%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	66%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59%	73%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73%	78%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	73%	83%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	60%	78%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	69%	76%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	92%	88%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	91%	95%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	64.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	35.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	33.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	66.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,140.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,008.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,706.0

* Welch Middle Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.