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Alton Memorial Jr High Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

521 South Los Ebanos Blvd

Mission TX, 78573, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-323-5000

Ranking:

(4,708 out of 6,018, bottom 22%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Mission Consolidated 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:	65		66		60		64		62		65		51
Total Students:	921		880		839		845		782		786		628
Grade 6:	297	32.2%	322	36.6%	281	33.5%	295	34.9%	293	37.5%	261	33.2%	NA	NA
Grade 7:	345	37.5%	288	32.7%	279	33.3%	294	34.8%	257	32.9%	251	31.9%	348	55.4%
Grade 8:	279	30.3%	270	30.7%	279	33.3%	256	30.3%	232	29.7%	274	34.9%	280	44.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	527	57.2%	470	53.4%	451	53.8%	457	54.1%	407	52.0%	392	49.9%	321	51.1%
Female:	394	42.8%	410	46.6%	388	46.2%	388	45.9%	367	46.9%	386	49.1%	303	48.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	921	100.0%	878	99.8%	836	99.6%	844	99.9%	779	99.6%	784	99.7%	625	99.5%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
White:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	868	94.2%	831	94.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.19		13.36		13.99		13.26		12.61		12.10		12.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71%	70%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77%	70%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58%	61%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59%	62%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65%	66%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69%	71%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67%	70%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	62%	67%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	66%	64%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	78%	73%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69%	71%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74%	77%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62%	64%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74%	70%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	42%	49%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	45%	51%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	74%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	71%	78%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	99%	98%
TAKS
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	79%	78%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81%	72%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	82%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82%	77%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	81%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75%	72%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69%	63%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	76%	72%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73%	71%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	78%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73%	77%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76%	78%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73%	78%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82%	84%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	80%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	81%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	96%	95%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	91%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	47%	56%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	55%	58%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	53%	57%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	81%	78%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	87%	82%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	80%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	81%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76%	78%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	92%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61%	65%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63%	63%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71%	65%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66%	68%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78%	73%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	85%	86%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	76%	84%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	67%	78%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	93%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	90.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	9.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	58.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	41.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,667.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,674.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,304.0

* Alton Memorial Jr High Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.