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William Hawley Atwell Law Academy Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1303 Reynoldston Ln

Dallas TX, 75232, Dallas County

Phone: 972-794-6400

Ranking:

(5,361 out of 6,018, bottom 11%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Dallas 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:	60		69		56		64		67		73		84
Total Students:	954		1,005		759		882		905		948		959
Grade 6:	329	34.5%	337	33.5%	227	29.9%	286	32.4%	292	32.3%	299	31.5%	298	31.1%
Grade 7:	326	34.2%	319	31.7%	271	35.7%	304	34.5%	319	35.2%	315	33.2%	336	35.0%
Grade 8:	299	31.3%	349	34.7%	261	34.4%	292	33.1%	294	32.5%	334	35.2%	325	33.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	500	52.4%	501	49.9%	381	50.2%	438	49.7%	454	50.2%	461	48.6%	486	50.7%
Female:	454	47.6%	504	50.1%	378	49.8%	444	50.3%	443	49.0%	479	50.5%	469	48.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.5%	1	0.1%	7	0.9%	19	2.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	351	36.8%	366	36.4%	240	31.6%	259	29.4%	228	25.2%	235	24.8%	209	21.8%
Black:	593	62.2%	622	61.9%	506	66.7%	597	67.7%	673	74.4%	707	74.6%	743	77.5%
White:	3	0.3%	12	1.2%	3	0.4%	5	0.6%	3	0.3%	6	0.6%	7	0.7%
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:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	2	0.3%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	821	86.1%	838	83.4%	606	79.8%	663	75.2%	632	69.8%	594	62.7%	587	61.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	34	3.6%	52	5.2%	35	4.6%	47	5.3%	104	11.5%	107	11.3%	92	9.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.98		14.62		13.55		13.78		13.45		13.00		11.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61%	66%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	49%	61%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67%	63%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55%	58%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	49%	60%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46%	60%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75%	68%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63%	67%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	70%	59%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	60%	57%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52%	52%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	38%	62%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79%	71%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74%	77%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57%	54%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	66%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	47%	52%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	40%	59%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94%	75%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	90%	68%	78%
TAKS
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69%	70%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	72%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	54%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76%	78%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	76%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61%	57%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59%	51%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69%	57%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73%	66%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62%	65%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69%	68%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	70%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75%	70%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	67%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	66%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	76%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	77%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75%	77%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	77%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	84%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	85%	74%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	79%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89%	84%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89%	91%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60%	55%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	62%	45%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60%	50%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65%	57%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	73%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	79%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	72%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	71%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69%	58%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	52%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66%	55%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66%	59%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69%	68%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	92%	82%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	85%	77%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	84%	72%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	79%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	86%	93%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	67.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	32.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	67.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$52,209.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$43,886.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,182.0

* William Hawley Atwell Law Academy 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.