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Alvarado Junior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1000 North Cummings

Alvarado TX, 76009, Johnson County

Phone: 817-783-6840

Ranking:

(4,844 out of 6,018, bottom 20%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Alvarado 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:	31		31		31		33		32		32		30
Total Students:	527		504		498		551		513		496		456
Grade 7:	250	47.4%	257	51.0%	240	48.2%	262	47.5%	253	49.3%	243	49.0%	239	52.4%
Grade 8:	277	52.6%	247	49.0%	258	51.8%	289	52.5%	260	50.7%	253	51.0%	217	47.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	288	54.6%	278	55.2%	271	54.4%	280	50.8%	269	52.4%	253	51.0%	225	49.3%
Female:	239	45.4%	226	44.8%	227	45.6%	271	49.2%	236	46.0%	235	47.4%	227	49.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	4	0.8%	4	0.7%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	3	0.7%
Asian:	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	168	31.9%	140	27.8%	136	27.3%	149	27.0%	129	25.1%	119	24.0%	119	26.1%
Black:	13	2.5%	21	4.2%	20	4.0%	19	3.4%	25	4.9%	22	4.4%	17	3.7%
White:	333	63.2%	336	66.7%	326	65.5%	362	65.7%	354	69.0%	352	71.0%	317	69.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	8	1.5%	4	0.8%	11	2.2%	15	2.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	263	49.9%	244	48.4%	243	48.8%	289	52.5%	206	40.2%	210	42.3%	168	36.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	63	12.0%	59	11.7%	46	9.2%	40	7.3%	56	10.9%	59	11.9%	52	11.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.90		16.14		15.91		16.83		15.97		15.30		15.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46%	46%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	45%	45%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93%	72%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97%	63%	78%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	44%	44%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56%	56%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56%	56%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	89.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	10.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	41.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	58.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,493.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,628.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,632.0

* Alvarado Junior High 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.