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Southwest High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4100 Altamesa Blvd

Fort Worth TX, 76133, Tarrant County

Phone: 817-814-8000

Ranking:

(1,082 out of 1,337, bottom 19%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Fort Worth 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:	94		89		103		108		102		110		100
Total Students:	1,340		1,316		1,430		1,492		1,468		1,477		1,610
Grade 9:	444	33.1%	417	31.7%	414	29.0%	417	27.9%	428	29.2%	406	27.5%	489	30.4%
Grade 10:	314	23.4%	303	23.0%	382	26.7%	395	26.5%	361	24.6%	392	26.5%	398	24.7%
Grade 11:	302	22.5%	330	25.1%	347	24.3%	347	23.3%	342	23.3%	327	22.1%	369	22.9%
Grade 12:	280	20.9%	266	20.2%	287	20.1%	333	22.3%	337	23.0%	352	23.8%	354	22.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	689	51.4%	692	52.6%	722	50.5%	762	51.1%	739	50.3%	744	50.4%	821	51.0%
Female:	651	48.6%	624	47.4%	708	49.5%	730	48.9%	721	49.1%	725	49.1%	785	48.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.1%	8	0.6%	9	0.6%	5	0.3%	4	0.3%	4	0.3%	4	0.2%
Asian:	30	2.2%	34	2.6%	33	2.3%	34	2.3%	38	2.6%	43	2.9%	43	2.7%
Hispanic:	482	36.0%	468	35.6%	490	34.3%	501	33.6%	457	31.1%	424	28.7%	419	26.0%
Black:	576	43.0%	530	40.3%	562	39.3%	574	38.5%	573	39.0%	550	37.2%	608	37.8%
White:	229	17.1%	257	19.5%	304	21.3%	340	22.8%	396	27.0%	456	30.9%	536	33.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	21	1.6%	19	1.4%	32	2.2%	37	2.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	694	51.8%	671	51.0%	587	41.0%	584	39.1%	509	34.7%	447	30.3%	419	26.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	99	7.4%	100	7.6%	76	5.3%	87	5.8%	93	6.3%	107	7.2%	76	4.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.25		14.73		13.86		13.87		14.36		13.40		16.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	59%	78%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	59%	70%	78%
2012	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	62%	74%	65%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	99%	98%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	89%	81%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	80%	78%	85%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	84%	73%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	38%	55%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	39%	49%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	24%	37%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	21%	32%	48%
2012	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	91%	86%	61%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	69%	66%	78%
2012	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	79%	71%	46%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	36%	35%	52%
2013	English III Reading	End of course	% met std	99%	94%	63%
2013	English III Writing	End of course	% met std	75%	80%	42%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	93%	97%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	81%	79%	86%
2012	Physics	End of course	% met std	56%	51%	61%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	69%	71%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	73%	67%	75%
2012	World History	End of course	% met std	42%	40%	43%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	62%	61%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	75%	52%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	59%	45%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	58%	51%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	64%	48%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	51%	47%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	57%	48%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	58%	64%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	63%	64%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74%	62%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71%	60%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86%	78%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87%	75%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	78%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85%	78%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86%	84%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	74%	50%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	54%	39%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	63%	47%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	61%	41%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	56%	47%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	56%	50%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	68%	63%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	70%	64%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	93%	82%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	88%	77%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	88%	76%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	92%	78%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	79%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	87%	83%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	91%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	87%	77%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	87%	73%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	82%	68%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	83%	70%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	78%	65%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	74%	70%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	82%	81%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	85%	84%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	96%	84%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	89%	83%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	89%	83%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	89%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	92%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	94%	91%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	89%	75%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	89%	69%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	84%	64%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	78%	64%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	78%	67%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	82%	75%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	90%	84%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	96%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	98%	93%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	91%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	89%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95%	89%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	62%	45%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	58%	45%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	51%	42%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	55%	45%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	48%	44%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	51%	53%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	66%	61%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87%	74%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	83%	74%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	90%	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	86%	77%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	79%	73%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	81%	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85%	81%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	79.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	19.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$50,631.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$43,986.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,374.0

* Southwest 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.