Robbie E Howard Junior High School
265 Broadhead Rd
Waxahachie TX, 75165, Ellis County
Phone: 972-923-4771
Ranking:
(2,927 out of 6,018, top 49%)*

Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Waxahachie 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: | 61 | 57 | 54 | 36 | 36 | 37 | ||||||
Total Students: | 905 | 896 | 719 | 534 | 509 | 452 | ||||||
Grade 6: | 295 | 32.6% | 320 | 35.7% | 232 | 32.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Grade 7: | 345 | 38.1% | 276 | 30.8% | 264 | 36.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Grade 8: | 265 | 29.3% | 300 | 33.5% | 223 | 31.0% | 534 | 100.0% | 509 | 100.0% | 452 | 100.0% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||
Male: | 476 | 52.6% | 477 | 53.2% | 393 | 54.7% | 266 | 49.8% | 255 | 50.1% | 226 | 50.0% |
Female: | 429 | 47.4% | 419 | 46.8% | 326 | 45.3% | 268 | 50.2% | 246 | 48.3% | 218 | 48.2% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.9% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% |
Asian: | 4 | 0.4% | 8 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.7% |
Hispanic: | 272 | 30.1% | 266 | 29.7% | 215 | 29.9% | 178 | 33.3% | 161 | 31.6% | 143 | 31.6% |
Black: | 144 | 15.9% | 161 | 18.0% | 133 | 18.5% | 62 | 11.6% | 65 | 12.8% | 78 | 17.3% |
White: | 458 | 50.6% | 443 | 49.4% | 354 | 49.2% | 278 | 52.1% | 280 | 55.0% | 226 | 50.0% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 27 | 3.0% | 15 | 1.7% | 10 | 1.4% | 7 | 1.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 328 | 36.2% | 364 | 40.6% | 287 | 39.9% | 243 | 45.5% | 187 | 36.7% | 181 | 40.0% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 57 | 6.3% | 57 | 6.4% | 47 | 6.5% | 35 | 6.6% | 46 | 9.0% | 42 | 9.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.84 | 15.83 | 13.24 | 14.80 | 14.27 | 12.10 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
STAAR | ||||||
2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 75% | 79% | 77% |
2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 79% | 75% | 74% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 77% | 77% | 75% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78% | 72% | 71% |
2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 67% | 66% | 71% |
2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 63% | 73% | 71% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 79% | 79% | 76% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 82% | 83% | 77% |
2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 72% | 71% |
2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 77% | 70% |
2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 74% | 77% | 76% |
2013 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 68% | 74% | 77% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81% | 82% | 80% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89% | 88% | 84% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 64% | 67% | 70% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 77% | 74% | 75% |
2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 38% | 49% | 59% |
2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 71% | 66% | 63% |
STAAR EOC | ||||||
2012 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 100% | 90% | 83% |
2013 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 100% | 84% | 78% |
TAKS | ||||||
2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 84% | 84% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 90% | 90% | N/A |
2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 91% | 91% | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 97% | 97% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 96% | 96% | N/A |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 96% | 96% | N/A |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 71% | 71% | N/A |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 82% | 82% | N/A |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 76% | 76% | N/A |
2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 90% | 90% | N/A |
2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 92% | 92% | N/A |
2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 93% | 93% | N/A |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Robbie E Howard 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.