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Oliver Wendell Holmes Humanities/Communications Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2001 East Kiest Blvd

Dallas TX, 75216, Dallas County

Phone: 214-925-8500

Ranking:

(5,986 out of 6,018, bottom 1%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Dallas 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:	62		65		70		79		78		90		105
Total Students:	837		906		943		1,007		1,024		1,083		1,156
Grade 6:	294	35.1%	282	31.1%	306	32.4%	331	32.9%	358	35.0%	317	29.3%	333	28.8%
Grade 7:	274	32.7%	313	34.5%	323	34.3%	355	35.3%	310	30.3%	364	33.6%	425	36.8%
Grade 8:	269	32.1%	311	34.3%	314	33.3%	321	31.9%	356	34.8%	402	37.1%	398	34.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	436	52.1%	480	53.0%	491	52.1%	522	51.8%	539	52.6%	545	50.3%	585	50.6%
Female:	401	47.9%	426	47.0%	452	47.9%	485	48.2%	477	46.6%	530	48.9%	567	49.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	312	37.3%	303	33.4%	323	34.3%	274	27.2%	243	23.7%	262	24.2%	266	23.0%
Black:	519	62.0%	593	65.5%	607	64.4%	715	71.0%	779	76.1%	818	75.5%	885	76.6%
White:	3	0.4%	5	0.6%	4	0.4%	5	0.5%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	4	0.3%
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	0.3%	6	0.6%	10	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	783	93.5%	836	92.3%	836	88.7%	872	86.6%	848	82.8%	882	81.4%	968	83.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	19	2.3%	22	2.4%	29	3.1%	37	3.7%	53	5.2%	48	4.4%	60	5.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.60		13.94		13.56		12.83		13.07		12.10		11.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	48%	66%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	46%	61%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54%	63%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53%	58%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	41%	60%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	40%	60%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56%	68%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54%	67%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	46%	59%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	47%	57%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	41%	52%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65%	62%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66%	71%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71%	77%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	39%	54%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64%	66%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	39%	52%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	42%	59%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91%	75%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93%	68%	78%
TAKS
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	50%	70%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67%	76%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	93%	57%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	88%	51%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	32%	57%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53%	66%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56%	65%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59%	67%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	45%	68%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	51%	70%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	70%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71%	67%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52%	66%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	76%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67%	77%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	77%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	84%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78%	74%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	71%	79%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	82%	87%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	82%	84%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	85%	89%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	85%	91%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	88%	55%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	47%	45%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	34%	50%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	34%	57%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60%	73%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	66%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60%	79%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67%	72%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61%	71%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	88%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43%	58%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35%	52%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45%	55%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50%	59%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51%	64%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43%	68%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	95%	82%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	72%	77%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	58%	72%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	65%	79%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	70.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	28.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	31.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	68.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$50,722.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$43,709.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,941.0

* Oliver Wendell Holmes Humanities/Communications Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.