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Sam Tasby Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7001 Fair Oaks Ave

Dallas TX, 75231, Dallas County

Phone: 972-502-1900

Ranking:

(5,793 out of 6,018, bottom 4%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Dallas 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:	55		53		57		67		63		62		69
Total Students:	861		840		818		880		801		804		789
Grade 6:	291	33.8%	320	38.1%	267	32.6%	312	35.5%	287	35.8%	291	36.2%	258	32.7%
Grade 7:	296	34.4%	268	31.9%	282	34.5%	267	30.3%	269	33.6%	242	30.1%	299	37.9%
Grade 8:	274	31.8%	252	30.0%	269	32.9%	301	34.2%	245	30.6%	271	33.7%	232	29.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	459	53.3%	442	52.6%	417	51.0%	454	51.6%	401	50.1%	409	50.9%	396	50.2%
Female:	402	46.7%	398	47.4%	401	49.0%	426	48.4%	392	48.9%	387	48.1%	389	49.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.3%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	6	0.7%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	146	17.0%	117	13.9%	130	15.9%	134	15.2%	110	13.7%	51	6.3%	23	2.9%
Hispanic:	524	60.9%	554	66.0%	537	65.6%	559	63.5%	526	65.7%	528	65.7%	520	65.9%
Black:	159	18.5%	145	17.3%	126	15.4%	150	17.0%	139	17.4%	194	24.1%	213	27.0%
White:	25	2.9%	19	2.3%	17	2.1%	26	3.0%	25	3.1%	31	3.9%	33	4.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.5%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	5	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	825	95.8%	805	95.8%	767	93.8%	823	93.5%	746	93.1%	728	90.5%	674	85.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	11	1.3%	12	1.4%	15	1.8%	16	1.8%	19	2.4%	24	3.0%	32	4.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.65		15.72		14.24		13.21		12.66		12.90		11.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60%	61%	74%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47%	58%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53%	60%	71%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51%	67%	77%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	52%	57%	70%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56%	62%	77%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55%	77%	84%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55%	66%	75%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	49%	59%	63%
STAAR EOC
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	68%	78%
TAKS
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57%	70%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60%	74%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69%	78%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65%	76%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68%	66%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74%	65%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72%	67%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74%	68%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60%	70%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	76%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73%	77%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	77%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68%	77%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83%	84%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93%	91%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	47%	57%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	70%	73%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	86%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43%	52%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47%	55%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46%	59%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48%	64%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62%	68%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	69%	79%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	95%	93%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	59.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	40.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	47.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	52.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,906.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$43,718.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,745.0

* Sam Tasby Middle Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.