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La Joya Palmview High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3901 North La Homa Rd

Mission TX, 78572, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-519-5779

Ranking:

(1,150 out of 1,337, bottom 14%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: La Joya 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:	155		157		166		166		175		162		111
Total Students:	2,177		2,233		2,322		2,351		2,769		2,605		1,782
Grade 9:	618	28.4%	712	31.9%	645	27.8%	684	29.1%	874	31.6%	902	34.6%	1,155	64.8%
Grade 10:	559	25.7%	458	20.5%	535	23.0%	552	23.5%	709	25.6%	686	26.3%	626	35.1%
Grade 11:	452	20.8%	537	24.0%	540	23.3%	569	24.2%	607	21.9%	653	25.1%	0	0.0%
Grade 12:	548	25.2%	526	23.6%	602	25.9%	546	23.2%	579	20.9%	364	14.0%	1	0.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,156	53.1%	1,189	53.2%	1,232	53.1%	1,220	51.9%	1,412	51.0%	1,392	53.4%	889	49.9%
Female:	1,021	46.9%	1,044	46.8%	1,090	46.9%	1,131	48.1%	1,349	48.7%	1,205	46.3%	889	49.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	24	1.1%	2	0.1%	2	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.0%	2	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	2,138	98.2%	2,226	99.7%	2,312	99.6%	2,344	99.7%	2,749	99.3%	2,595	99.6%	1,780	99.9%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	14	0.6%	5	0.2%	7	0.3%	5	0.2%	16	0.6%	10	0.4%	2	0.1%
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:	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,962	90.1%	1,993	89.3%	865	37.3%	1,128	48.0%	1,517	54.8%	1,516	58.2%	1,046	58.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	118	5.4%	154	6.9%	202	8.7%	216	9.2%	227	8.2%	190	7.3%	123	6.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.02		14.25		13.98		14.15		15.87		16.10		16.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	74%	76%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	57%	64%	78%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	98%	97%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	88%	85%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	70%	68%	85%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	70%	72%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	47%	43%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	39%	39%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	28%	27%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	23%	26%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	63%	58%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	29%	27%	52%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	95%	96%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	82%	81%	86%
2012	Physics	End of course	% met std	21%	21%	61%
2013	Physics	End of course	% met std	74%	70%	81%
2013	U.S. History	End of course	% met std	50%	44%	73%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	63%	60%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	58%	56%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	56%	47%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	49%	48%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	50%	46%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	59%	58%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	58%	54%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	60%	57%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	56%	50%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	73%	67%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	66%	64%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66%	64%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	60%	54%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	82%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84%	78%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	79%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	46%	46%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	31%	32%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	43%	43%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	50%	48%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	55%	52%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	48%	44%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	61%	60%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	66%	64%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	81%	80%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	75%	72%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	82%	83%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	92%	89%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	89%	85%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	92%	91%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	92%	89%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	77%	71%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	83%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	88%	81%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	92%	88%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	77%	72%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	81%	77%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	87%	83%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	94%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	96%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	40%	43%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	39%	42%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	37%	38%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	47%	48%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	48%	44%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	55%	47%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	53%	51%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	66%	58%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	70%	68%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	82%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	75%	73%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	82%	78%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	84%	77%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	87.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	8.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	44.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	55.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,550.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,852.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,284.0

* La Joya Palmview 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.