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Palo Alto Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2301 West Elms Rd

Killeen TX, 76549, Bell County

Phone: 254-336-1200

Ranking:

(4,819 out of 6,018, bottom 20%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Killeen 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		61		60		60		52		51		54
Total Students:	881		931		938		866		780		782		758
Grade 6:	309	35.1%	328	35.2%	323	34.4%	331	38.2%	283	36.3%	255	32.6%	263	34.7%
Grade 7:	304	34.5%	299	32.1%	327	34.9%	279	32.2%	236	30.3%	266	34.0%	259	34.2%
Grade 8:	268	30.4%	304	32.7%	288	30.7%	256	29.6%	261	33.5%	261	33.4%	236	31.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	459	52.1%	470	50.5%	473	50.4%	445	51.4%	404	51.8%	403	51.5%	396	52.2%
Female:	422	47.9%	461	49.5%	465	49.6%	421	48.6%	368	47.2%	371	47.4%	358	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.6%	7	0.8%	7	0.7%	5	0.6%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%
Asian:	28	3.2%	36	3.9%	34	3.6%	30	3.5%	28	3.6%	36	4.6%	46	6.1%
Hispanic:	240	27.2%	275	29.5%	257	27.4%	227	26.2%	192	24.6%	147	18.8%	150	19.8%
Black:	398	45.2%	384	41.2%	446	47.5%	416	48.0%	393	50.4%	403	51.5%	374	49.3%
White:	144	16.3%	153	16.4%	131	14.0%	138	15.9%	164	21.0%	193	24.7%	184	24.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	15	1.7%	18	1.9%	11	1.2%	6	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	51	5.8%	58	6.2%	52	5.5%	44	5.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	449	51.0%	437	46.9%	422	45.0%	370	42.7%	313	40.1%	287	36.7%	266	35.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	100	11.4%	104	11.2%	106	11.3%	83	9.6%	109	14.0%	125	16.0%	106	14.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.19		15.19		15.71		14.53		15.02		15.40		14.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	72%	73%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61%	71%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71%	74%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67%	72%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66%	73%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63%	71%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69%	76%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	78%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	61%	69%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	60%	66%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59%	70%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77%	73%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	81%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64%	71%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66%	70%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	43%	57%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	46%	59%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	83%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	76%	78%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	72%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	64%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77%	73%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69%	71%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63%	69%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70%	76%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	66%	76%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90%	93%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	81%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65%	64%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57%	58%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67%	66%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68%	72%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67%	72%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72%	75%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74%	78%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68%	78%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75%	76%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	81%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	83%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	84%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83%	86%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	85%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83%	87%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	95%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	94%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52%	61%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59%	56%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64%	61%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73%	67%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	79%	76%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	82%	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	83%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	98%	97%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72%	74%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65%	71%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	65%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	70%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66%	75%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72%	77%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	86%	85%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	86%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	85%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93%	94%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	93%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	71.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	28.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	69.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,314.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,943.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,204.0

* Palo Alto Middle Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.