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Ponder Junior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

501 Shaffner St

Ponder TX, 76259, Denton County

Phone: 940-479-8220

Ranking:

(2,654 out of 6,018, top 44%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Ponder Independent School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	21		20		21		21		20		21		21
Total Students:	320		293		311		309		281		270		256
Grade 6:	109	34.1%	91	31.1%	106	34.1%	100	32.4%	110	39.1%	96	35.6%	70	27.3%
Grade 7:	97	30.3%	111	37.9%	93	29.9%	114	36.9%	94	33.5%	79	29.3%	95	37.1%
Grade 8:	114	35.6%	91	31.1%	112	36.0%	95	30.7%	77	27.4%	95	35.2%	91	35.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	145	45.3%	143	48.8%	163	52.4%	159	51.5%	139	49.5%	134	49.6%	124	48.4%
Female:	175	54.7%	150	51.2%	148	47.6%	150	48.5%	134	47.7%	128	47.4%	128	50.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.0%	2	0.6%	3	1.1%	3	1.1%	2	0.8%
Asian:	0	0.0%	2	0.7%	2	0.6%	3	1.0%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	62	19.4%	48	16.4%	46	14.8%	44	14.2%	43	15.3%	33	12.2%	30	11.7%
Black:	4	1.3%	3	1.0%	2	0.6%	8	2.6%	6	2.1%	4	1.5%	4	1.6%
White:	249	77.8%	234	79.9%	250	80.4%	245	79.3%	228	81.1%	230	85.2%	220	85.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	1.6%	6	2.0%	7	2.3%	6	1.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	84	26.3%	73	24.9%	69	22.2%	82	26.5%	80	28.5%	54	20.0%	44	17.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	32	10.0%	18	6.1%	26	8.4%	25	8.1%	29	10.3%	28	10.4%	25	9.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.19		14.53		14.71		14.64		13.92		13.00		12.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	82%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	76%	78%
TAKS
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	61.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	38.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	69.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,550.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,638.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,066.0

* Ponder Junior 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.