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Thomas J Rusk Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2929 Inwood Rd

Dallas TX, 75235, Dallas County

Phone: 972-925-2000

Ranking:

(5,629 out of 6,018, bottom 6%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Dallas 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:	42		47		49		56		61		63		68
Total Students:	656		663		721		762		818		860		810
Grade 6:	209	31.9%	242	36.5%	230	31.9%	242	31.8%	272	33.3%	285	33.1%	276	34.1%
Grade 7:	236	36.0%	216	32.6%	228	31.6%	261	34.3%	276	33.7%	287	33.4%	305	37.7%
Grade 8:	211	32.2%	205	30.9%	263	36.5%	259	34.0%	270	33.0%	288	33.5%	229	28.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	312	47.6%	340	51.3%	352	48.8%	383	50.3%	412	50.4%	437	50.8%	411	50.7%
Female:	344	52.4%	323	48.7%	369	51.2%	379	49.7%	398	48.7%	415	48.3%	395	48.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	5	0.7%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	17	2.6%	25	3.8%	24	3.3%	23	3.0%	26	3.2%	31	3.6%	31	3.8%
Hispanic:	484	73.8%	511	77.1%	585	81.1%	628	82.4%	682	83.4%	701	81.5%	662	81.7%
Black:	137	20.9%	107	16.1%	91	12.6%	92	12.1%	100	12.2%	117	13.6%	106	13.1%
White:	14	2.1%	16	2.4%	15	2.1%	12	1.6%	8	1.0%	10	1.2%	10	1.2%
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:	4	0.6%	4	0.6%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	596	90.9%	600	90.5%	630	87.4%	666	87.4%	715	87.4%	731	85.0%	683	84.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	3.7%	25	3.8%	21	2.9%	22	2.9%	13	1.6%	53	6.2%	45	5.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.62		14.11		14.71		13.61		13.44		13.80		12.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73%	66%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	61%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58%	63%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	58%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73%	60%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61%	60%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65%	68%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58%	67%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	58%	59%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	49%	57%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	58%	52%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56%	62%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68%	77%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58%	54%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58%	66%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	53%	52%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	44%	59%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95%	75%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95%	68%	78%
TAKS
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	79%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	83%	73%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	80%	74%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85%	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	78%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72%	76%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	36%	57%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	45%	51%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54%	57%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62%	66%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68%	67%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81%	70%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57%	70%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64%	67%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58%	66%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	76%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73%	77%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	77%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73%	77%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73%	84%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	63%	74%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74%	79%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93%	87%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	82%	84%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	82%	89%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	95%	91%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	50%	55%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	31%	45%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	41%	50%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52%	57%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69%	73%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	78%	77%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77%	79%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61%	72%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64%	71%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79%	81%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	88%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55%	58%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51%	52%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49%	55%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	59%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73%	64%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	68%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	86%	82%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	72%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	87%	79%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93%	88%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	94%	93%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	66.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	31.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	50.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,560.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$43,724.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,396.0

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