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B L Gray Junior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4400 South Glasscock Rd

Mission TX, 78572, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-580-5333

Ranking:

(1,495 out of 6,018, top 25%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Sharyland 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:	49		49		50		52		50		50		44
Total Students:	816		754		812		799		754		713		652
Grade 7:	425	52.1%	393	52.1%	380	46.8%	424	53.1%	369	48.9%	361	50.6%	340	52.1%
Grade 8:	391	47.9%	361	47.9%	432	53.2%	375	46.9%	385	51.1%	352	49.4%	312	47.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	413	50.6%	394	52.3%	426	52.5%	424	53.1%	406	53.8%	379	53.2%	331	50.8%
Female:	403	49.4%	360	47.7%	386	47.5%	375	46.9%	340	45.1%	326	45.7%	317	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%
Asian:	26	3.2%	20	2.7%	23	2.8%	30	3.8%	43	5.7%	33	4.6%	22	3.4%
Hispanic:	746	91.4%	689	91.4%	733	90.3%	708	88.6%	632	83.8%	610	85.6%	564	86.5%
Black:	5	0.6%	3	0.4%	6	0.7%	3	0.4%	8	1.1%	5	0.7%	2	0.3%
White:	36	4.4%	39	5.2%	50	6.2%	57	7.1%	70	9.3%	64	9.0%	62	9.5%
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	0.4%	3	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	364	44.6%	390	51.7%	367	45.2%	293	36.7%	298	39.5%	286	40.1%	283	43.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	61	7.5%	63	8.4%	58	7.1%	65	8.1%	65	8.6%	61	8.6%	61	9.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.54		15.31		16.09		15.28		15.09		14.20		14.80

Test Performance

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

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	85.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	14.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	43.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	56.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,852.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,522.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,024.0

* B L Gray Junior High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.