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Forest Park Magnet School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1644 North Eastman Rd

Longview TX, 75601, Gregg County

Phone: 903-446-2510

Ranking:

(5,913 out of 6,018, bottom 2%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Longview 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:	40		38		35		34		37		38		39
Total Students:	544		497		521		484		479		506		482
Grade 6:	183	33.6%	166	33.4%	202	38.8%	148	30.6%	163	34.0%	176	34.8%	144	29.9%
Grade 7:	167	30.7%	193	38.8%	142	27.3%	172	35.5%	170	35.5%	146	28.9%	175	36.3%
Grade 8:	194	35.7%	138	27.8%	177	34.0%	164	33.9%	146	30.5%	184	36.4%	163	33.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	287	52.8%	270	54.3%	265	50.9%	258	53.3%	260	54.3%	265	52.4%	251	52.1%
Female:	257	47.2%	227	45.7%	256	49.1%	226	46.7%	211	44.1%	233	46.0%	227	47.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	5	1.0%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%
Asian:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	301	55.3%	260	52.3%	254	48.8%	225	46.5%	155	32.4%	150	29.6%	152	31.5%
Black:	197	36.2%	195	39.2%	218	41.8%	209	43.2%	266	55.5%	298	58.9%	286	59.3%
White:	34	6.3%	34	6.8%	40	7.7%	40	8.3%	54	11.3%	54	10.7%	40	8.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	1.3%	7	1.4%	4	0.8%	3	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	436	80.1%	393	79.1%	428	82.1%	382	78.9%	364	76.0%	370	73.1%	343	71.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	39	7.2%	33	6.6%	34	6.5%	41	8.5%	41	8.6%	60	11.9%	40	8.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.51		13.08		14.98		14.13		13.04		13.50		12.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	51%	65%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57%	64%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	39%	62%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54%	63%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53%	62%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53%	62%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56%	64%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53%	68%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	50%	61%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	39%	57%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	66%	68%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69%	66%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60%	65%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59%	75%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44%	52%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54%	63%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	17%	38%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	36%	46%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	69%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	65%	78%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64%	80%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	56%	65%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	44%	63%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60%	67%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63%	70%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52%	67%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	58%	68%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	66%	71%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	81%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	88%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78%	81%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73%	77%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66%	74%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57%	69%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	45%	61%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57%	64%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	41%	66%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	67%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	70%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65%	72%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	67%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61%	71%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72%	82%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71%	75%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72%	77%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67%	73%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	95%	93%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87%	91%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81%	89%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	84%	89%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	47%	61%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	40%	54%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51%	61%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	62%	67%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	63%	70%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	62%	69%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	67%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	79%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	84%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	85%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53%	61%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63%	64%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49%	59%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40%	54%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48%	63%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59%	68%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	76%	83%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	80%	83%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	78%	83%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	79%	86%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	80%	85%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	84%	91%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	86%	91%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	72.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	27.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	16.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	83.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,887.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,367.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,191.0

* Forest Park Magnet School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.