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Sharpstown High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7504 Bissonnet St

Houston TX, 77074, Harris County

Phone: 713-771-7215

Ranking:

(1,264 out of 1,337, bottom 5%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Houston 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:	74		76		68		78		82		102		102
Total Students:	1,358		1,328		1,277		1,275		1,254		1,455		1,528
Grade 9:	438	32.3%	435	32.8%	405	31.7%	389	30.5%	388	30.9%	515	35.4%	623	40.8%
Grade 10:	371	27.3%	365	27.5%	299	23.4%	344	27.0%	356	28.4%	425	29.2%	386	25.3%
Grade 11:	326	24.0%	260	19.6%	304	23.8%	310	24.3%	236	18.8%	281	19.3%	279	18.3%
Grade 12:	223	16.4%	268	20.2%	269	21.1%	232	18.2%	274	21.9%	234	16.1%	240	15.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	740	54.5%	715	53.8%	689	54.0%	698	54.7%	669	53.3%	773	53.1%	752	49.2%
Female:	618	45.5%	613	46.2%	588	46.0%	577	45.3%	577	46.0%	674	46.3%	772	50.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.2%	2	0.2%	3	0.2%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.2%	1	0.1%
Asian:	30	2.2%	24	1.8%	21	1.6%	36	2.8%	50	4.0%	78	5.4%	83	5.4%
Hispanic:	909	66.9%	844	63.6%	845	66.2%	840	65.9%	825	65.8%	898	61.7%	941	61.6%
Black:	378	27.8%	412	31.0%	370	29.0%	350	27.5%	348	27.8%	430	29.6%	463	30.3%
White:	26	1.9%	33	2.5%	30	2.3%	39	3.1%	31	2.5%	46	3.2%	40	2.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	0.8%	13	1.0%	8	0.6%	6	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,109	81.7%	1,079	81.3%	634	49.6%	747	58.6%	802	64.0%	844	58.0%	839	54.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	101	7.4%	88	6.6%	79	6.2%	81	6.4%	115	9.2%	172	11.8%	182	11.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.42		17.53		18.73		16.42		15.28		14.30		15.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	79%	79%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	80%	75%	78%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	90%	94%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	85%	84%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	86%	82%	85%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	65%	76%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	42%	59%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	43%	59%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	28%	47%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	29%	42%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	49%	71%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	22%	45%	52%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	91%	96%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	83%	82%	86%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	66%	73%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	65%	71%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	54%	62%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	32%	50%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	29%	44%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	37%	49%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	44%	54%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	50%	57%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	62%	58%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	75%	68%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	67%	71%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63%	66%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	42%	55%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70%	78%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	67%	75%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77%	83%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	39%	49%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	21%	37%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	35%	45%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	38%	46%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	50%	55%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	59%	55%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	68%	66%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	68%	70%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	69%	80%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	63%	74%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	65%	74%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	69%	80%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	82%	84%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	68%	79%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	65%	71%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	58%	69%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	68%	77%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	72%	78%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	72%	80%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	78%	87%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72%	77%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82%	89%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85%	90%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	73%	76%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61%	67%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53%	63%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61%	71%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	69%	78%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	82%	83%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	83%	89%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83%	91%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83%	93%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89%	95%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	96%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95%	97%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	98%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	8%	74%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	15%	78%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	50%	88%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	27%	44%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	28%	44%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	34%	43%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	34%	48%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	50%	51%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	63%	57%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	62%	64%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	71%	65%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	73%	78%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	72%	75%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	73%	82%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	71%	79%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	75%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	81%	88%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	68%	83%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	69.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	28.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	45.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	54.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,290.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,029.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,405.0

* Sharpstown 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.