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Big Spring High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

707 East 11th Place

Big Spring TX, 79720, Howard County

Phone: 432-264-3641

Ranking:

(1,045 out of 1,337, bottom 22%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Big Spring 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:	73		76		76		79		75		73		75
Total Students:	941		994		988		1,022		974		990		1,070
Grade 9:	265	28.2%	276	27.8%	273	27.6%	283	27.7%	293	30.1%	274	27.7%	338	31.6%
Grade 10:	248	26.4%	240	24.1%	248	25.1%	282	27.6%	243	24.9%	285	28.8%	293	27.4%
Grade 11:	216	23.0%	235	23.6%	243	24.6%	233	22.8%	246	25.3%	218	22.0%	243	22.7%
Grade 12:	212	22.5%	243	24.4%	224	22.7%	224	21.9%	192	19.7%	213	21.5%	196	18.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	471	50.1%	504	50.7%	483	48.9%	515	50.4%	491	50.4%	497	50.2%	525	49.1%
Female:	470	49.9%	490	49.3%	505	51.1%	507	49.6%	475	48.8%	485	49.0%	541	50.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.4%	5	0.5%	8	0.8%	8	0.8%	6	0.6%	5	0.5%	3	0.3%
Asian:	5	0.5%	3	0.3%	5	0.5%	5	0.5%	8	0.8%	10	1.0%	8	0.7%
Hispanic:	543	57.7%	559	56.2%	540	54.7%	579	56.7%	535	54.9%	501	50.6%	549	51.3%
Black:	72	7.7%	83	8.4%	78	7.9%	74	7.2%	80	8.2%	88	8.9%	82	7.7%
White:	298	31.7%	331	33.3%	349	35.3%	347	34.0%	345	35.4%	386	39.0%	428	40.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	17	1.8%	13	1.3%	8	0.8%	9	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	420	44.6%	401	40.3%	401	40.6%	483	47.3%	408	41.9%	384	38.8%	398	37.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	70	7.4%	79	7.9%	74	7.5%	66	6.5%	82	8.4%	89	9.0%	117	10.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.95		13.14		12.95		12.89		12.99		13.60		14.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	61%	66%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	60%	66%	78%
2012	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	72%	72%	65%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	94%	94%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	79%	79%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	87%	87%	85%
2012	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	51%	51%	54%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	57%	57%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	52%	52%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	53%	53%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	40%	40%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	25%	25%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	66%	66%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	42%	42%	52%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	94%	94%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	66%	66%	86%
2013	Physics	End of course	% met std	100%	100%	81%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	64%	64%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	65%	65%	75%
2012	World History	End of course	% met std	34%	34%	43%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	18%	18%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	56%	56%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	46%	46%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	44%	44%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	45%	45%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	53%	53%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	42%	42%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	45%	45%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	54%	54%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	45%	45%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	56%	56%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	84.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	14.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	71.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,719.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,208.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,049.0

* Big Spring High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.