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Tensas High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

720 Plank Rd

Saint Joseph LA, 71366, Tensas County

Phone: 318-766-3585

Ranking:

High School:

(241 out of 276, bottom 13%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(907 out of 947, bottom 4%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Tensas Parish 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:	23		21		20		20		23		22		23
Total Students:	257		255		242		213		221		237		248
Grade 7:	43	16.7%	44	17.3%	43	17.8%	32	15.0%	31	14.0%	40	16.9%	33	13.3%
Grade 8:	46	17.9%	57	22.4%	44	18.2%	37	17.4%	28	12.7%	30	12.7%	28	11.3%
Grade 9:	52	20.2%	40	15.7%	39	16.1%	43	20.2%	48	21.7%	58	24.5%	49	19.8%
Grade 10:	46	17.9%	36	14.1%	43	17.8%	35	16.4%	42	19.0%	32	13.5%	55	22.2%
Grade 11:	31	12.1%	45	17.6%	37	15.3%	37	17.4%	30	13.6%	46	19.4%	35	14.1%
Grade 12:	39	15.2%	33	12.9%	36	14.9%	29	13.6%	42	19.0%	31	13.1%	48	19.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	143	55.6%	144	56.5%	131	54.1%	115	54.0%	117	52.9%	120	50.6%	121	48.8%
Female:	114	44.4%	111	43.5%	111	45.9%	98	46.0%	96	43.4%	109	46.0%	123	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	1	0.4%	2	0.8%	4	1.7%	6	2.8%	5	2.3%	4	1.7%	3	1.2%
Black:	234	91.1%	230	90.2%	228	94.2%	194	91.1%	203	91.9%	217	91.6%	235	94.8%
White:	21	8.2%	22	8.6%	10	4.1%	12	5.6%	13	5.9%	16	6.8%	10	4.0%
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:	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	223	86.8%	220	86.3%	207	85.5%	177	83.1%	193	87.3%	195	82.3%	194	78.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	16	6.2%	15	5.9%	20	8.3%	14	6.6%	7	3.2%	18	7.6%	16	6.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.33		12.32		12.29		10.42		9.45		10.90		10.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
GEE
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	42%	42%	56%
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	32%	32%	58%
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	51%	50%	62%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	43%	43%	63%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	44%	44%	57%
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	38%	38%	64%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	35%	35%	65%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	41%	46%	59%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	33%	33%	69%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	65%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	16%	16%	60%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	37%	37%	56%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	29%	34%	55%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	40%	40%	60%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	35%	35%	62%
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	30%	30%	64%
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	47%	47%	62%
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	48%	44%	58%
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	29%	29%	65%
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	48%	48%	63%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	64%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	52%	52%	66%
iLEAP
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	44%	49%	59%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	47%	50%	61%
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	44%	50%	62%
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	64%	60%	68%
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	26%	35%	69%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	46%	52%	69%
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	51%	50%	69%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	40%	51%	59%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	31%	37%	55%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61%	64%	63%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	52%	49%	68%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	40%	45%	67%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	44%	50%	70%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	30%	38%	69%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	28%	31%	53%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	31%	31%	53%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	37%	37%	59%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	33%	29%	61%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	36%	44%	62%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	36%	35%	64%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	40%	43%	62%
2007	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	36%	49%	59%
2008	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	27%	40%	60%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	36%	43%	65%
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	42%	50%	67%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	40%	45%	65%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	25%	32%	66%
2013	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	40%	45%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	35%	47%	57%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	26%	36%	57%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	51%	50%	62%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	38%	38%	67%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	32%	34%	69%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	30%	35%	55%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	29%	32%	58%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	41%	46%	59%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	28%	35%	64%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	32%	35%	66%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30%	32%	54%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29%	27%	53%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29%	34%	55%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33%	34%	61%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27%	31%	64%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	20%	32%	55%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	17%	23%	53%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	48%	44%	58%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	41%	42%	67%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	47%	48%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	39%	39%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	32%	32%	62%
2009	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	53%	53%	65%
2010	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	64%
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	26%	26%	57%
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	35%	35%	61%
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	53%	53%	64%
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	65%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	68.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	31.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	27.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	72.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$35,042.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$28,847.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$37,366.0

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