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Thomas J Rusk Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2929 Inwood Rd

Dallas TX, 75235, Dallas County

Phone: 972-925-2000

Ranking:

(5,441 out of 5,855, bottom 7%)*

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

	2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	61		63		68
Total Students:	818		860		810
Grade 6:	272	33.3%	285	33.1%	276	34.1%
Grade 7:	276	33.7%	287	33.4%	305	37.7%
Grade 8:	270	33.0%	288	33.5%	229	28.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	412	50.4%	437	50.8%	411	50.7%
Female:	398	48.7%	415	48.3%	395	48.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander:	26	3.2%	31	3.6%	31	3.8%
Hispanic:	682	83.4%	701	81.5%	662	81.7%
Black	100	12.2%	117	13.6%	106	13.1%
White:	8	1.0%	10	1.2%	10	1.2%
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	715	87.4%	731	85.0%	683	84.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	13	1.6%	53	6.2%	45	5.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.44		13.80		12.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
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 School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.