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Taft High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

11600 F M 471 West

San Antonio TX, 78253, Bexar County

Phone: 210-397-6000

Ranking:

(512 out of 1,337, top 38%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Northside 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:	161		145		150		158		168		164		164
Total Students:	2,778		2,620		2,527		2,559		2,820		2,787		2,876
Grade 9:	785	28.3%	731	27.9%	731	28.9%	705	27.5%	779	27.6%	883	31.7%	1,076	37.4%
Grade 10:	718	25.8%	716	27.3%	642	25.4%	641	25.0%	787	27.9%	807	29.0%	733	25.5%
Grade 11:	690	24.8%	619	23.6%	609	24.1%	603	23.6%	690	24.5%	518	18.6%	547	19.0%
Grade 12:	585	21.1%	554	21.1%	545	21.6%	610	23.8%	564	20.0%	579	20.8%	520	18.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,356	48.8%	1,297	49.5%	1,236	48.9%	1,262	49.3%	1,404	49.8%	1,375	49.3%	1,453	50.5%
Female:	1,422	51.2%	1,323	50.5%	1,291	51.1%	1,297	50.7%	1,408	49.9%	1,404	50.4%	1,419	49.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	0.3%	8	0.3%	3	0.1%	2	0.1%	5	0.2%	4	0.1%	3	0.1%
Asian:	58	2.1%	53	2.0%	53	2.1%	53	2.1%	72	2.6%	71	2.5%	68	2.4%
Hispanic:	1,851	66.6%	1,739	66.4%	1,654	65.5%	1,656	64.7%	1,675	59.4%	1,642	58.9%	1,693	58.9%
Black:	203	7.3%	190	7.3%	186	7.4%	191	7.5%	294	10.4%	272	9.8%	247	8.6%
White:	547	19.7%	528	20.2%	534	21.1%	574	22.4%	774	27.4%	798	28.6%	865	30.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	10	0.4%	10	0.4%	5	0.2%	1	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	101	3.6%	92	3.5%	92	3.6%	82	3.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	939	33.8%	891	34.0%	895	35.4%	896	35.0%	841	29.8%	712	25.5%	729	25.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	308	11.1%	292	11.1%	275	10.9%	239	9.3%	284	10.1%	324	11.6%	306	10.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.21		18.07		16.90		16.23		16.74		16.90		17.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	80%	89%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	76%	84%	78%
2012	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	100%	88%	65%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	99%	99%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	92%	92%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	91%	91%	85%
2012	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	52%	58%	54%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	94%	91%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	79%	78%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	73%	75%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	64%	62%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	54%	55%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	84%	85%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	58%	60%	52%
2013	English III Reading	End of course	% met std	38%	51%	63%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	99%	99%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	84%	89%	86%
2012	U.S. History	End of course	% met std	53%	62%	63%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	90%	90%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	84%	83%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	79%	81%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	63%	68%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	74%	75%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	68%	70%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	66%	71%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	73%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81%	82%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72%	76%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93%	94%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	63%	66%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	69%	71%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	72%	75%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	71%	72%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	75%	79%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	85%	83%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	92%	93%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	91%	94%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	94%	95%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	95%	96%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79%	85%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	88%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	84%	87%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	91%	93%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	97%	95%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	97%	96%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	89%	90%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	84%	86%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	86%	82%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	88%	89%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	93%	94%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	98%	99%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	97%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	97%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	98%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	98%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	99%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	99%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	99%	99%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	70%	72%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	63%	62%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	61%	63%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	59%	64%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	67%	72%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	74%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	76%	73%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87%	88%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	90%	91%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	93%	95%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	70.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	29.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	67.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,147.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,695.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,811.0

* Taft High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.