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Thomas Jefferson High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4001 Walnut Hill Ln

Dallas TX, 75229, Dallas County

Phone: 972-502-7300

Ranking:

(1,272 out of 1,337, bottom 5%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

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:	92		86		91		99		100		102		105
Total Students:	1,514		1,537		1,400		1,360		1,378		1,214		1,288
Grade 9:	464	30.6%	515	33.5%	451	32.2%	449	33.0%	526	38.2%	458	37.7%	485	37.7%
Grade 10:	452	29.9%	390	25.4%	373	26.6%	361	26.5%	334	24.2%	271	22.3%	302	23.4%
Grade 11:	304	20.1%	329	21.4%	294	21.0%	296	21.8%	242	17.6%	251	20.7%	245	19.0%
Grade 12:	294	19.4%	303	19.7%	282	20.1%	254	18.7%	276	20.0%	234	19.3%	256	19.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	792	52.3%	815	53.0%	736	52.6%	734	54.0%	709	51.5%	612	50.4%	670	52.0%
Female:	722	47.7%	722	47.0%	664	47.4%	626	46.0%	661	48.0%	594	48.9%	614	47.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.2%	3	0.2%	2	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	11	0.7%	4	0.3%	6	0.4%	2	0.1%	7	0.5%	3	0.2%	4	0.3%
Hispanic:	1,410	93.1%	1,449	94.3%	1,313	93.8%	1,279	94.0%	1,293	93.8%	1,159	95.5%	1,211	94.0%
Black:	74	4.9%	64	4.2%	65	4.6%	59	4.3%	65	4.7%	43	3.5%	59	4.6%
White:	13	0.9%	15	1.0%	12	0.9%	19	1.4%	12	0.9%	9	0.7%	14	1.1%
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:	3	0.2%	2	0.1%	2	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,329	87.8%	1,348	87.7%	1,216	86.9%	1,168	85.9%	1,094	79.4%	978	80.6%	997	77.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	59	3.9%	62	4.0%	56	4.0%	50	3.7%	70	5.1%	88	7.2%	121	9.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.48		17.91		15.38		13.77		13.84		11.90		12.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	63%	75%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	55%	68%	78%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	91%	96%	97%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	76%	83%	87%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	69%	81%	85%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	73%	80%	84%
2012	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	40%	56%	68%
2013	English I Reading	End of course	% met std	41%	54%	65%
2012	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	29%	43%	55%
2013	English I Writing	End of course	% met std	22%	37%	48%
2013	English II Reading	End of course	% met std	68%	72%	78%
2013	English II Writing	End of course	% met std	27%	43%	52%
2013	English III Writing	End of course	% met std	35%	38%	42%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	95%	95%	98%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	80%	80%	86%
2012	Physics	End of course	% met std	69%	62%	61%
2012	U.S. History	End of course	% met std	60%	67%	63%
2012	World Geography	End of course	% met std	72%	76%	81%
2013	World Geography	End of course	% met std	57%	70%	75%
2013	World History	End of course	% met std	54%	65%	70%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	47%	49%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	43%	45%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	45%	49%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	43%	51%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	44%	51%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	48%	56%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	68%	64%	N/A
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	53%	60%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65%	76%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70%	77%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73%	80%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	47%	49%	N/A
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	30%	38%	N/A
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	38%	42%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	33%	42%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	43%	50%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	49%	52%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	66%	65%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	54%	66%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	77%	78%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	77%	81%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	93%	92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	75%	78%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	70%	72%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	60%	71%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	69%	72%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	69%	77%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	90%	86%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78%	84%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80%	86%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88%	90%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	69%	77%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	76%	75%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55%	68%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60%	68%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	64%	75%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	76%	82%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	92%	88%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95%	96%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	90%	93%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89%	93%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89%	93%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89%	95%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97%	98%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	43%	42%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	32%	35%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	25%	37%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	39%	41%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	38%	45%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	54%	56%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	56%	60%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	70%	60%	N/A
2004	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	73%	72%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	62%	67%	N/A
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	71%	77%	N/A
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	65%	75%	N/A
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	65%	76%	N/A
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	79%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	79%	87%	N/A
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	81%	83%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	61.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	37.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	31.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	69.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$51,933.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$44,664.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$55,199.0

* Thomas Jefferson High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.