USA.com / Texas / Levelland, TX / Public Schools / Sundown Junior High School

Sundown Junior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

701 School St

Sundown TX, 79372, Hockley County

Phone: 806-229-4691

Ranking:

(536 out of 6,018, top 9%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Sundown Independent School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	13		13		14		13		16		16		15
Total Students:	167		156		150		135		132		131		127
Grade 6:	60	35.9%	47	30.1%	56	37.3%	50	37.0%	41	31.1%	38	29.0%	41	32.3%
Grade 7:	48	28.7%	56	35.9%	50	33.3%	41	30.4%	46	34.8%	42	32.1%	46	36.2%
Grade 8:	59	35.3%	53	34.0%	44	29.3%	44	32.6%	45	34.1%	51	38.9%	40	31.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	89	53.3%	85	54.5%	82	54.7%	68	50.4%	63	47.7%	60	45.8%	67	52.8%
Female:	78	46.7%	71	45.5%	68	45.3%	67	49.6%	61	46.2%	63	48.1%	56	44.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	1.2%	1	0.6%	2	1.3%	3	2.2%	1	0.8%	1	0.8%	1	0.8%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	92	55.1%	68	43.6%	66	44.0%	56	41.5%	60	45.5%	63	48.1%	62	48.8%
Black:	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	1	0.7%	2	1.5%	3	2.3%	5	3.8%	4	3.1%
White:	71	42.5%	83	53.2%	79	52.7%	74	54.8%	68	51.5%	62	47.3%	60	47.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	1.2%	3	1.9%	2	1.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	32	19.2%	25	16.0%	38	25.3%	33	24.4%	31	23.5%	24	18.3%	28	22.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	14	8.4%	6	3.8%	11	7.3%	6	4.4%	19	14.4%	17	13.0%	24	18.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.54		12.09		10.81		10.25		8.45		8.40		8.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	63%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	60.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	40.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	90.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,695.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,226.0

* Sundown Junior High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.