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Rafael A Cantu Junior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

5101 North Stewart Rd

Mission TX, 78573, Hidalgo County

Phone: 956-323-7800

Ranking:

(4,926 out of 6,018, bottom 18%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Mission Consolidated 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
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	51		52		53		52		51		46
Total Students:	755		746		708		668		663		680
Grade 6:	247	32.7%	255	34.2%	272	38.4%	219	32.8%	210	31.7%	248	36.5%
Grade 7:	231	30.6%	263	35.3%	228	32.2%	207	31.0%	239	36.0%	211	31.0%
Grade 8:	277	36.7%	228	30.6%	208	29.4%	242	36.2%	214	32.3%	221	32.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	410	54.3%	383	51.3%	362	51.1%	336	50.3%	333	50.2%	341	50.1%
Female:	345	45.7%	363	48.7%	346	48.9%	332	49.7%	322	48.6%	331	48.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	747	98.9%	740	99.2%	699	98.7%	661	99.0%	657	99.1%	670	98.5%
Black:	3	0.4%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
White:	4	0.5%	5	0.7%	7	1.0%	6	0.9%	6	0.9%	9	1.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	653	86.5%	643	86.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.78		14.41		13.45		12.80		12.96		14.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63%	70%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64%	70%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61%	64%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63%	61%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63%	62%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	66%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75%	70%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65%	67%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	66%	64%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	62%	73%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	67%	73%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65%	71%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79%	77%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58%	64%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	41%	49%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	49%	51%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	74%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	71%	78%
TAKS
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	82%	78%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69%	72%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76%	77%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79%	81%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75%	71%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	80%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	81%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	97%	94%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	81%	82%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	78%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	65%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	68%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74%	73%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	98%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	96%	93%	N/A

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* Rafael A Cantu Junior High 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.