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Palo Duro High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1400 North Grant

Amarillo TX, 79107, Potter County

Phone: 806-326-2400

Ranking:

(1,253 out of 1,337, bottom 6%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 12

School District: Amarillo 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:	139		138		135		135		128		128		134
Total Students:	1,975		2,008		1,953		1,989		1,940		1,881		1,932
Prekindergarten:	48	2.4%	45	2.2%	50	2.6%	45	2.3%	38	2.0%	41	2.2%	43	2.2%
Kindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 1:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 2:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 3:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 4:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 5:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 6:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 7:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 8:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 9:	645	32.7%	642	32.0%	627	32.1%	622	31.3%	624	32.2%	509	27.1%	582	30.1%
Grade 10:	420	21.3%	444	22.1%	427	21.9%	482	24.2%	412	21.2%	498	26.5%	465	24.1%
Grade 11:	445	22.5%	437	21.8%	451	23.1%	387	19.5%	437	22.5%	392	20.8%	415	21.5%
Grade 12:	417	21.1%	440	21.9%	398	20.4%	453	22.8%	429	22.1%	441	23.4%	427	22.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	967	49.0%	996	49.6%	972	49.8%	986	49.6%	953	49.1%	953	50.7%	985	51.0%
Female:	1,008	51.0%	1,012	50.4%	981	50.2%	1,003	50.4%	979	50.5%	920	48.9%	943	48.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	11	0.5%	9	0.5%	2	0.1%	5	0.3%	3	0.2%	1	0.1%
Asian:	251	12.7%	235	11.7%	231	11.8%	214	10.8%	200	10.3%	167	8.9%	136	7.0%
Hispanic:	1,162	58.8%	1,116	55.6%	1,095	56.1%	1,087	54.7%	1,066	54.9%	1,000	53.2%	996	51.6%
Black:	354	17.9%	377	18.8%	363	18.6%	417	21.0%	449	23.1%	435	23.1%	492	25.5%
White:	164	8.3%	239	11.9%	225	11.5%	232	11.7%	220	11.3%	276	14.7%	307	15.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.1%	1	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	41	2.1%	29	1.4%	29	1.5%	36	1.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,516	76.8%	1,499	74.7%	1,466	75.1%	1,449	72.9%	1,351	69.6%	1,209	64.3%	1,303	67.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	184	9.3%	163	8.1%	169	8.7%	176	8.8%	177	9.1%	237	12.6%	223	11.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.25		14.60		14.48		14.70		15.13		14.70		14.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	77%	84%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	74%	81%	78%
2012	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	58%	59%	65%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	97%	96%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	85%	88%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	80%	87%	85%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	83%	88%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	50%	62%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	45%	61%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	29%	47%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	23%	40%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	69%	79%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	34%	49%	52%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	99%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	82%	88%	86%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	66%	79%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	58%	74%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	64%	74%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	56%	64%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	35%	55%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	54%	63%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	54%	61%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	50%	61%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	57%	68%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	69%	78%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	69%	75%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	67%	79%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	59%	72%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	86%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79%	84%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	87%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	85%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84%	89%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	41%	62%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	27%	52%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	46%	62%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	40%	55%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	46%	63%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	52%	68%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	58%	74%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	60%	75%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	78%	86%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	74%	85%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	77%	82%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	81%	84%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	78%	87%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	82%	87%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	87%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	75%	85%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	72%	81%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	56%	73%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	72%	80%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	64%	75%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	64%	76%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	74%	84%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	74%	86%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78%	88%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82%	88%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76%	88%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84%	91%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62%	83%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61%	79%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49%	71%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	64%	77%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62%	76%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65%	81%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	77%	88%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	72%	86%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	91%	97%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	92%	95%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84%	93%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84%	92%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	92%	94%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89%	95%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	96%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95%	98%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	37%	56%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	37%	57%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	36%	54%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	42%	58%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	47%	59%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	54%	68%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	55%	68%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	57%	69%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	76%	85%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	73%	82%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	83%	88%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	73%	86%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	74%	83%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	74%	86%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	75.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	24.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	67.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,936.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,230.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,718.0

* Palo Duro 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.