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Abell Junior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3201 Heritage Blvd

Midland TX, 79707, Midland County

Phone: 432-689-6200

Ranking:

(3,136 out of 6,018, bottom 48%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Midland 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:	58		51		46		51		50		49		50
Total Students:	923		911		879		847		866		851		811
Grade 7:	456	49.4%	477	52.4%	442	50.3%	406	47.9%	426	49.2%	439	51.6%	399	49.2%
Grade 8:	467	50.6%	434	47.6%	437	49.7%	441	52.1%	440	50.8%	412	48.4%	412	50.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	488	52.9%	474	52.0%	438	49.8%	406	47.9%	410	47.3%	409	48.1%	399	49.2%
Female:	435	47.1%	437	48.0%	441	50.2%	441	52.1%	448	51.7%	434	51.0%	408	50.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	6	0.7%	7	0.9%
Asian:	21	2.3%	20	2.2%	19	2.2%	19	2.2%	22	2.5%	20	2.4%	22	2.7%
Hispanic:	513	55.6%	473	51.9%	446	50.7%	443	52.3%	396	45.7%	381	44.8%	358	44.1%
Black:	76	8.2%	67	7.4%	62	7.1%	62	7.3%	76	8.8%	86	10.1%	79	9.7%
White:	305	33.0%	338	37.1%	338	38.5%	315	37.2%	370	42.7%	358	42.1%	345	42.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	0.8%	11	1.2%	12	1.4%	6	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	284	30.8%	281	30.8%	277	31.5%	295	34.8%	283	32.7%	259	30.4%	259	31.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	59	6.4%	49	5.4%	54	6.1%	65	7.7%	80	9.2%	56	6.6%	57	7.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.79		17.95		19.08		16.50		17.37		17.30		16.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60%	50%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70%	66%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76%	67%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	68%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73%	63%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65%	58%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	71%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72%	61%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	74%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	76%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67%	63%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66%	62%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	47%	47%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	48%	46%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	83%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	75%	78%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	99%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	83%	86%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69%	70%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70%	63%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72%	71%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82%	79%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82%	73%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	78%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	78%	76%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	84%	77%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	78%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	82%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	82%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	81%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	72%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73%	69%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	71%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	90%	83%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	85%	75%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	87%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	84%	82%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95%	92%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	81%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	88%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	98%	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97%	95%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	69%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70%	64%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72%	63%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67%	62%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72%	69%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75%	72%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	98%	89%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93%	83%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	81%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	86%	80%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	91%	88%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	96%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	82.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	17.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	48.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	51.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,976.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,789.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,053.0

* Abell Junior High School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.