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Plains High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

811 Cowboy Way

Plains TX, 79355, Yoakum County

Phone: 806-456-7401

Ranking:

(119 out of 1,337, top 9%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Plains 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:	15		17		18		18		19		18		17
Total Students:	123		120		127		142		143		133		136
Grade 9:	34	27.6%	28	23.3%	33	26.0%	32	22.5%	35	24.5%	37	27.8%	48	35.3%
Grade 10:	30	24.4%	31	25.8%	28	22.0%	35	24.6%	35	24.5%	45	33.8%	30	22.1%
Grade 11:	31	25.2%	31	25.8%	33	26.0%	35	24.6%	46	32.2%	28	21.1%	27	19.9%
Grade 12:	28	22.8%	30	25.0%	33	26.0%	40	28.2%	27	18.9%	23	17.3%	31	22.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	57	46.3%	55	45.8%	59	46.5%	79	55.6%	75	52.4%	67	50.4%	76	55.9%
Female:	66	53.7%	65	54.2%	68	53.5%	63	44.4%	60	42.0%	58	43.6%	56	41.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	1	0.8%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.8%	1	0.8%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	2	1.5%	2	1.5%
Hispanic:	77	62.6%	76	63.3%	81	63.8%	88	62.0%	92	64.3%	81	60.9%	85	62.5%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	44	35.8%	41	34.2%	42	33.1%	49	34.5%	50	35.0%	49	36.8%	49	36.0%
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:	2	1.6%	2	1.7%	3	2.4%	3	2.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	71	57.7%	46	38.3%	56	44.1%	76	53.5%	56	39.2%	38	28.6%	37	27.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	1	0.8%	29	24.2%	29	22.8%	6	4.2%	28	19.6%	31	23.3%	33	24.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	8.14		6.91		7.03		7.82		7.47		7.30		8.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	71%	84%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	57%	57%	78%
2012	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	77%	77%	65%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	92%	92%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	87%	87%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	84%	84%	85%
2012	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	69%	69%	54%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	90%	90%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	76%	76%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	77%	77%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	66%	66%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	43%	43%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	90%	90%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	58%	58%	52%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	100%	100%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	96%	96%	86%
2012	U.S. History	End of course	% met std	61%	61%	63%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	72%	72%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	76%	76%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	70%	70%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	63%	63%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	92.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	35.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	64.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,943.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,064.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,765.0

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