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Denton High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1007 Fulton

Denton TX, 76201, Denton County

Phone: 940-369-2000

Ranking:

(894 out of 1,337, bottom 33%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Denton 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:	132		130		127		132		140		134		130
Total Students:	2,081		1,994		1,830		1,725		1,587		1,414		1,473
Grade 9:	621	29.8%	546	27.4%	538	29.4%	548	31.8%	562	35.4%	445	31.5%	474	32.2%
Grade 10:	511	24.6%	551	27.6%	477	26.1%	489	28.3%	383	24.1%	324	22.9%	382	25.9%
Grade 11:	509	24.5%	453	22.7%	480	26.2%	361	20.9%	337	21.2%	361	25.5%	316	21.5%
Grade 12:	440	21.1%	444	22.3%	335	18.3%	327	19.0%	305	19.2%	284	20.1%	301	20.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,011	48.6%	980	49.1%	912	49.8%	855	49.6%	795	50.1%	709	50.1%	745	50.6%
Female:	1,070	51.4%	1,014	50.9%	918	50.2%	870	50.4%	784	49.4%	697	49.3%	724	49.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	14	0.7%	19	1.0%	17	0.9%	20	1.2%	15	0.9%	9	0.6%	13	0.9%
Asian:	64	3.1%	60	3.0%	61	3.3%	59	3.4%	45	2.8%	41	2.9%	46	3.1%
Hispanic:	655	31.5%	644	32.3%	598	32.7%	573	33.2%	507	31.9%	455	32.2%	477	32.4%
Black:	322	15.5%	309	15.5%	283	15.5%	278	16.1%	269	17.0%	254	18.0%	218	14.8%
White:	977	46.9%	923	46.3%	850	46.4%	783	45.4%	751	47.3%	655	46.3%	719	48.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	6	0.3%	3	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	43	2.1%	36	1.8%	21	1.1%	11	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	745	35.8%	738	37.0%	666	36.4%	687	39.8%	600	37.8%	491	34.7%	504	34.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	117	5.6%	119	6.0%	127	6.9%	93	5.4%	96	6.0%	96	6.8%	116	7.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.80		15.28		14.42		13.03		11.36		10.60		11.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	74%	83%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	74%	80%	78%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	95%	97%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	88%	89%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	86%	88%	85%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	71%	79%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	68%	73%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	63%	67%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	58%	62%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	50%	54%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	79%	80%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	57%	58%	52%
2012	English III Reading	End of course	% met std	39%	37%	50%
2013	English III Reading	End of course	% met std	83%	49%	63%
2012	English III Writing	End of course	% met std	27%	27%	38%
2013	English III Writing	End of course	% met std	67%	56%	42%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	96%	97%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	82%	85%	86%
2013	Physics	End of course	% met std	100%	97%	81%
2013	U.S. History	End of course	% met std	80%	50%	73%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	80%	82%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	77%	79%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	68%	70%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	73%	69%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	70%	59%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	64%	65%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	56%	61%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	69%	70%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	55%	69%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	75%	78%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	74%	76%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73%	76%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	60%	53%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81%	84%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	72%	70%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	64%	59%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	61%	67%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	56%	61%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	68%	72%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	63%	73%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	78%	80%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	73%	76%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	87%	88%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	90%	85%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	85%	82%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	84%	79%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	76%	78%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	83%	82%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	85%	90%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	91%	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75%	82%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	92%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	96%	95%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	95%	96%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	88%	85%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	81%	82%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	70%	73%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	79%	81%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	73%	81%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	87%	86%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	98%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	98%	99%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	72%	65%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	66%	68%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	49%	60%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	57%	63%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	56%	64%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	57%	69%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	71%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	73%	76%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85%	86%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85%	89%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	90%	93%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	61.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	37.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,929.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$44,152.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,968.0

* Denton 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.